Nature reserve · Minnesota

Upper Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area

Upper Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Upper Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 350 m. The nearest named place is Middle Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.69854, -96.16446

4.3 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway
25.8 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Middle Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area: 1.6 mi
Reserve Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
Lower Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
Lower Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
Lower Antelope Valley Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi

Parks22

Dawson Veterans Memorial Park: 16.6 mi
Legion Park: 16.9 mi
East Side Park: 16.9 mi
Memorial Park: 17.0 mi
Oraas Park: 17.4 mi

Attractions2

Boyd House: 16.6 mi
Gnome Park: 17.4 mi

Museums2

Lincoln County Pioneer Museum: 18.8 mi
Lac qui Parle County Museum: 21.3 mi

Historic sites1

Barckes Corner: 8.5 mi

Beaches1

Lake Hendricks Public Beach: 18.9 mi

Artworks1

HGC Eagle Carving: 19.2 mi

Peaks1

Mount Wickham: 20.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:29	18:59	19:37
June solstice	05:40	20:30	21:15
September equinox	07:12	18:45	19:24
December solstice	08:00	15:59	16:48

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	14	19	30	44	57	68	72	70	62	48	33	20
Precip in	0.8	0.9	1.5	2.8	3.4	4.1	3.3	3.4	2.8	2.4	1.4	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canby, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656284

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