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Upper Rice Wildlife Management Area

Upper Rice Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Upper Rice Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 462 m. Height of Land Lookout stands 611 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. Great River Road passes 5.7 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates47.39152, -95.32131

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • Long Lake Park: 7.5 mi
  • La Salle Lake State Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
  • Hospital Hill Sledding: 10.1 mi
  • Shevlin City Park: 10.1 mi
  • Bagley City Park: 10.1 mi
Artworks: 6
Museums: 4
  • Clearwater County History Center: 9.9 mi
  • Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers: 11.2 mi
  • Lakeside Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Headwaters Science Center: 21.3 mi
Historic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Height of Land Lookout: 13.9 mi
  • Strawberry Mountain: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Diamond Point Beach: 22.1 mi
  • South Shore Beach: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Council Ring: 12.4 mi
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Height of Land LookoutSW 218°611 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5419:34
June solstice05:2520:3421:22
September equinox07:0918:4119:21
December solstice08:0715:4116:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F61124395262676556422714
Precip in0.80.71.22.03.24.63.53.23.12.91.31.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Itasca Univ OF Minn, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656278

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