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Trout Lake Eagle Wildlife Management Area

Trout Lake Eagle Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Trout Lake Eagle Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 397 m. Big Thunder Peak stands 534 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. Edge of the Wilderness passes 6.7 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates47.23360, -93.38727

71 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • Longyear Park: 4.1 mi
  • RV Park: 4.3 mi
  • Oakland Park: 5.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
  • Maplewood Park: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Blandin Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Zorbaz Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Hidden Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Tioga Beach and Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Tioga Pit Beach: 10.6 mi
Museums: 4
  • Central School: 6.7 mi
  • The Gilbert Mansion: 6.7 mi
  • Judy Garland Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Forest History Center: 8.4 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Pink Elephant: 6.0 mi
  • MacRostie Art Center: 6.7 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Big Thunder Peak: 15.6 mi
  • Quadna Mountain: 20.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Hanna Mining Company Train Cabose: 18.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Beerbower Veterans Monument: 19.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Thunder PeakWSW 241°534 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4619:26
June solstice05:1820:2621:14
September equinox07:0118:3319:13
December solstice07:5815:3416:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F91427405363686656432815
Precip in1.00.91.32.13.24.74.13.43.02.81.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Rpds Forest LAB, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656412

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