Nature reserve · Minnesota

Thorson Prairie Wildlife Management Area

Thorson Prairie Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Thorson Prairie Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 305 m. The nearest named place is Tympanuchus Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.66379, -96.40905

11.8 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Tympanuchus Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
Thorson WPA: 2.6 mi
Burnham Wildlife Management Area, Burnham Creek Unit: 2.9 mi
Burnham Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 3.8 mi
Trail Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi

Parks54

Polk County Park: 10.8 mi
Veterans Memorial Walkway: 11.1 mi
Crescent Park: 11.3 mi
Highland Park Complex: 11.3 mi
Museum Park: 11.5 mi

Artworks5

Landing Eagle: 13.2 mi
worlds largest bluebird: 14.7 mi
Erskin Walley Sculpture: 18.5 mi
Elk: 24.4 mi
ROAR!: 24.5 mi

Historic sites3

Old Crossing Memorial Park Historical Marker: 14.0 mi
Youth Memorial: 21.3 mi
Tank: 24.5 mi

Museums2

Polk County Pioneer Museum: 11.2 mi
Red River History Museam: 23.7 mi

Ghost towns2

Terrebonne: 17.3 mi
Betcher: 19.4 mi

Rest areas2

Oak Lake Rest Area: 20.5 mi
Fisher's Landing Travel Information Center and Rest Area: 24.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:29	18:58	19:38
June solstice	05:28	20:40	21:28
September equinox	07:13	18:45	19:25
December solstice	08:12	15:44	16:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	6	10	24	41	55	65	69	67	58	44	28	14
Precip in	0.5	0.5	0.7	1.3	2.8	4.1	3.3	3.0	2.6	2.1	0.8	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crookston NW EXP STN, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1348342687

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