Nature reserve · Minnesota

Wapiti Wildlife Management Area

Wapiti Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Wapiti Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 365 m. Waters of the Dancing Sky Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.42352, -95.52261

29.7 mi off the Waters of the Dancing Sky Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Wapiti Wildlife Management Area: 1.1 mi
Wapiti Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
Moose River Wildlife Management Area, Thief Lake Unit: 3.1 mi
Wapiti Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
Moose River Wildlife Management Area, Red Lake Unit: 3.9 mi

Parks5

Grygla City Campground and Park: 9.7 mi
Hayes Lake State Park: 14.2 mi
Wannaska park: 18.7 mi
A.C. Tvedt Park: 23.3 mi
Goodridge Park: 23.4 mi

Ghost towns1

Winner: 12.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:26	18:54	19:35
June solstice	05:21	20:39	21:28
September equinox	07:09	18:41	19:22
December solstice	08:12	15:36	16:30

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	5	9	24	39	52	62	65	63	55	41	26	12
Precip in	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.7	3.9	3.8	3.1	2.8	2.2	1.0	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Goodridge 12 NNW, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656149

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