Nature reserve · Minnesota

Waseca Wildlife Management Area

Waseca Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Waseca Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 341 m. The nearest named place is Maplewood Park, a park 2.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 49 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.06715, -93.42529

49.0 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Maplewood Park: 2.8 mi
Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
Emerson Park: 3.5 mi
Sportsman Park: 3.6 mi
Clear Lake Park: 3.6 mi

Nature reserves

Tom Cliff Jr. Memorial Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
Little Fawn Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
Moonan Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
Findley Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
Pawek Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi

Museums25

Waseca County Historical Society Museum: 4.0 mi
Minnesota State School Orphanage Museum: 9.4 mi
Union Depot (Historic): 9.5 mi
Farm Machinery Building: 10.3 mi
Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Caboose: 10.3 mi

Historic sites6

Veterans Memorial: 4.2 mi
Steele County Veterans Memorial: 10.4 mi
Veterans Memorial: 14.5 mi
Alexander Faribault House: 17.3 mi
Rice County Veterans Memorial: 17.4 mi

Artworks2

Lighter Than Some: 9.1 mi
Regeneration: 9.2 mi

Attractions2

Voyager Valley Teepee: 14.3 mi
Rice County Fairgrounds: 18.4 mi

Waterfalls2

Molly Falls: 23.4 mi
Caron Park Falls: 23.4 mi

Beaches1

Lake Kohlmeier Beach: 8.9 mi

Peaks1

Mount Krystosek: 13.3 mi

Gardens1

Janesville Community Gardens: 14.6 mi

Ghost towns1

Rice Lake: 19.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:18	18:48	19:26
June solstice	05:31	20:17	21:01
September equinox	07:02	18:35	19:13
December solstice	07:46	15:51	16:39

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	13	18	31	45	58	68	71	69	62	48	33	20
Precip in	1.3	1.2	2.2	3.3	4.5	5.4	4.9	4.8	4.1	2.8	1.9	1.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waseca S Rsch & Outreach CTR, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656112

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