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Teal Lake Wildlife Management Area

Teal Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Teal Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 437 m. Jackson County Highest Point stands 480 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Timber Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.78722, -95.21076
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Heron Lake Memorial Field: 5.4 mi
  • Community Point Park: 5.6 mi
  • Island Park: 6.8 mi
  • Court house park: 7.2 mi
  • Abby Park: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 11
Peaks: 10
  • String Lakes Peak: 6.3 mi
  • Holthe Overlook: 7.3 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 16.0 mi
  • 457: 18.0 mi
  • Watonwan County Highest Point: 18.3 mi
Museums: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 12.2 mi
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 13.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Loon Lake Cemetery: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Teal Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jackson County Highest PointSW 214°480.3 m21.9 mi
Cottonwood County Highest PointN 359°479 m16.0 mi
String Lakes PeakNNE 17°473 m6.3 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointN 350°463 m19.2 mi
Mountain IslandENE 60°397.7 m18.4 mi
Watonwan County Highest PointENE 76°396.3 m18.3 mi
Jeffers PetroglyphsNNE 20°391 m22.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5519:33
June solstice05:4020:2321:07
September equinox07:0918:4219:20
December solstice07:5216:0016:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131830445768716861473219
Precip in0.60.71.53.04.54.54.24.13.12.31.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakefield 2NE, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656570

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