Nature reserve · Minnesota

West 4 Legged LaKe Wildlife Management Area

West 4 Legged LaKe Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

West 4 Legged LaKe Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 437 m. The nearest named place is Old Red Lake Trail Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. 113 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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Coordinates47.63859, -95.28081

Overlooks nearby

Mississippi River Headwaters · 28 mi

Around it

113 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves54

Old Red Lake Trail Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Old Red Lake Trail Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
Spike Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
Bagley Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
Clearwater V & S 9 Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi

Parks42

Buzzle Lake Public Access - County Right-of-Way: 6.5 mi
Clearwater River Fishing Pier: 6.6 mi
Shevlin City Park: 7.5 mi
Clearbrook City Park Campground: 8.0 mi
Kloster Memorial Park: 8.4 mi

Artworks6

Science Arch: 21.8 mi
Origami Bird: 21.9 mi
Shaynowishkung: 22.0 mi
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Statue: 22.1 mi
Fosston City Mural (old): 22.4 mi

Historic sites4

Clearwater County Veterans Memorial: 9.7 mi
Beltrami Monument: 18.4 mi
Helicopter: 22.0 mi
Tank: 22.0 mi

Museums2

Clearwater County History Center: 7.6 mi
Headwaters Science Center: 21.9 mi

Ghost towns2

Pinewood: 7.7 mi
Mallard: 22.6 mi

Beaches2

Diamond Point Beach: 21.9 mi
South Shore Beach: 23.0 mi

Gardens1

Gitigaan Garden: 21.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:25	18:53	19:34
June solstice	05:24	20:35	21:23
September equinox	07:09	18:40	19:21
December solstice	08:07	15:39	16:33

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	7	11	24	39	53	63	68	67	57	43	28	14
Precip in	1.0	0.6	0.8	1.3	2.9	3.6	3.5	2.8	2.5	2.3	1.0	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Lake Indian Agcy, 21 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656046

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