Nature reserve · Minnesota

Walnut Lake Wildlife Management Area

Walnut Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Walnut Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 348 m. Great River Road passes 83 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.63703, -93.76959

83.1 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Walnut Lake Wildlife Management Area: 0.7 mi
Walnut Lake Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
Walnut Lake Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
Save the Wetlands Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
Wells Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi

Parks50

Half Moon Park: 7.6 mi
Area Veterans Memorial Park: 7.8 mi
Arrowhead Point County Park: 12.4 mi
Old Mill Park: 14.5 mi
Dahle Park: 15.4 mi

Museums9

Wells Depot Museum: 7.8 mi
Alden Community Museum: 10.0 mi
Kremer House Library & Museum: 14.6 mi
Wakefield House Museum: 16.4 mi
Etta C Ross Museum: 16.4 mi

Historic sites6

Area Veterans Memorial: 7.8 mi
Old Mill: 15.0 mi
Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 19.0 mi
Freeborn County Courthouse: 20.1 mi
Thanks for Visiting Minnesota: 22.7 mi

Ghost towns2

Clayton: 5.2 mi
Homedahl: 9.6 mi

Rest areas2

Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Iowa Welcome Center: 24.7 mi

Springs1

Spring of Winnebago River: 15.0 mi

Artworks1

Jolly Green Giant: 16.3 mi

Beaches1

Albert Lea Beach: 20.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:50	19:28
June solstice	05:34	20:17	21:01
September equinox	07:03	18:36	19:14
December solstice	07:46	15:55	16:42

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	32	46	58	69	72	70	62	49	34	21
Precip in	0.7	0.7	1.7	3.4	4.6	5.5	4.9	4.1	3.7	2.5	1.7	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wells, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656246

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