Nature reserve · Minnesota

Wells Wildlife Management Area

Wells Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Wells Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 356 m. The nearest named place is Area Veterans Memorial, a historic site 2.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 76 miles off. 123 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.73069, -93.69137

75.5 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

123 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves59

Save the Wetlands Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
Walnut Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
Walnut Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
Walnut Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi
Walnut Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.8 mi

Parks45

Area Veterans Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
Half Moon Park: 2.4 mi
Arrowhead Point County Park: 6.4 mi
Old Mill Park: 10.5 mi
Manchester city Park: 11.9 mi

Museums7

Wells Depot Museum: 2.1 mi
Alden Community Museum: 7.1 mi
Kremer House Library & Museum: 10.5 mi
Freeborn County Historical Society Museum: 17.3 mi
Wakefield House Museum: 21.2 mi

Historic sites6

Area Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
Old Mill: 11.0 mi
Freeborn County Courthouse: 17.2 mi
Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 22.8 mi
Thanks for Visiting Minnesota: 23.0 mi

Ghost towns2

Clayton: 12.7 mi
Homedahl: 17.2 mi

Springs1

Spring of Winnebago River: 16.0 mi

Beaches1

Albert Lea Beach: 17.0 mi

Rest areas1

Rest Area: 20.8 mi

Artworks1

Jolly Green Giant: 20.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:49	19:27
June solstice	05:34	20:17	21:01
September equinox	07:03	18:36	19:14
December solstice	07:46	15:54	16:41

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656025

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