Nature reserve · Minnesota

West Toqua Wildlife Management Area

West Toqua Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

West Toqua Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 330 m. The nearest named place is Toqua Lakes Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.54900, -96.45814

1.3 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway
11.3 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

WPA: 3.3 mi
WPA: 3.3 mi
Skoog Wildlife Management Area: 3.4 mi
Skoog Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
WPA: 3.7 mi

Parks36

Toqua Lakes Park: 0.7 mi
Graceville Wayside Park: 1.3 mi
City Park: 1.6 mi
Dumont City Park: 11.7 mi
City Park: 11.9 mi

Museums6

Clinton Depot: 6.3 mi
Big Stone County Historical Society Museum: 17.4 mi
Sam Brown Log Cabin: 18.8 mi
Valley Queen Heritage Center: 24.2 mi
Grant County Historical Museum: 24.3 mi

Beaches2

North Beach: 14.8 mi
South Beach: 14.8 mi

Attractions2

Boat: 17.4 mi
Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor: 17.5 mi

Historic sites2

Samuel J Brown State Monument: 18.8 mi
Milbank Grist Mill: 23.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:30	18:59	19:38
June solstice	05:38	20:33	21:19
September equinox	07:14	18:46	19:25
December solstice	08:04	15:56	16:46

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	11	16	29	44	58	68	72	70	62	47	32	18
Precip in	0.8	0.7	1.2	2.3	2.8	4.2	3.5	2.7	2.9	2.3	1.1	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wheaton, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656035

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