Nature reserve · Minnesota

Woross Wildlife Management Area

Woross Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Woross Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 385 m. The nearest named place is Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge, a nature reserve 5.5 miles away. Veterans Evergreen Memorial Drive passes 29 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

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Coordinates46.45703, -93.30298

28.6 mi off the Veterans Evergreen Memorial Drive
28.6 mi off the St. Croix Scenic Byway

Around it

68 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves43

Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 5.5 mi
Jewett Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
Swamp Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
Kimberly Marsh Wildlife Management Area, Section 19 South Unit: 8.0 mi
Kimberly Marsh Wildlife Management Area, Section 19 North Unit: 8.5 mi

Parks14

Axtell Technical Riding Area: 12.1 mi
Wayside Park: 13.6 mi
Hogsback Beach: 14.9 mi
Tamarack City Park: 15.4 mi
Berglund County Park: 19.5 mi

Historic sites6

Veterans Memorial: 19.8 mi
VFW Tank: 20.1 mi
Veterans Memorial: 20.3 mi
The Ojibwe's Sandy Lake Journey: 21.9 mi
Tell Him I Blame Him for the Children we have Lost...: 21.9 mi

Rest areas4

MN-210: McGregor Rest Area: 10.4 mi
Tamarack Wayside Rest: 15.4 mi
Big Sandy Lake Overlook: 21.9 mi
General Andrews Rest Area: 24.7 mi

Museums1

Northern Pacific Depot: 19.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:17	18:46	19:26
June solstice	05:21	20:23	21:10
September equinox	07:01	18:33	19:13
December solstice	07:55	15:38	16:29

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	9	14	27	41	54	63	68	66	59	45	30	16
Precip in	0.6	0.7	1.4	2.5	3.1	4.3	4.4	3.8	3.0	2.8	1.5	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Isle 12N, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655753

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