Nature reserve · Minnesota

Yeager Lake Wildlife Management Area

Yeager Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Yeager Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 418 m. Great River Road passes 36 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Getting there

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Coordinates46.70392, -94.96045

36.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
15.4 mi off the Lake Country Scenic Byway
26.3 mi off the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway, National
29.9 mi off the Otter Trail Scenic Byway

Around it

77 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves33

Yeager Lake Wildlife Management Area: 0.7 mi
Menahga Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
Burgen Lake Prairie Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
Kitten Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
Huntersville State Forest: 5.6 mi

Parks25

Anderson's Crossing: 3.6 mi
Stigman’s Mound Park: 5.8 mi
Stocking Lake Public Water Access: 6.1 mi
Frame's Landing: 6.7 mi
Tree Farm Landing: 7.2 mi

Museums6

Menahga Museum: 7.1 mi
Hubbard County Historical Museum: 15.7 mi
Wadena County Historical Society: 19.5 mi
Paul Bunyan Historical Museum: 23.4 mi
Cultural Center: 23.5 mi

Artworks3

Statue of St. Urho: 7.1 mi
World's Largest Tiger Muskie: 18.9 mi
Paul Bunyan Statue: 23.4 mi

Historic sites3

Veterans Memorial: 15.0 mi
Captain Black's Cabin: 20.7 mi
Continental Divide Monument: 23.6 mi

Ghost towns2

Shell City: 6.4 mi
Leaf River: 16.0 mi

Rest areas2

US-71: Park Rapids Rest Area: 15.0 mi
Smoky Hills Wayside: 22.5 mi

Attractions2

1: 20.7 mi
2: 20.9 mi

Picnic sites1

Blacks Grove: 20.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:24	18:53	19:32
June solstice	05:27	20:31	21:18
September equinox	07:07	18:40	19:19
December solstice	08:02	15:44	16:35

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	8	12	26	41	54	64	69	67	58	44	28	14
Precip in	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.7	3.1	4.1	3.9	2.8	2.7	2.4	0.8	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Rapids Muni AP, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655732

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