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Mille Lacs Kathio State Park

Mille Lacs Kathio State Park from directly overhead

Mille Lacs Kathio State Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 383 m. The nearest named place is Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post, a museum 2.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 24 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.14299, -93.73420

24.1 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

56 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves31

Onamia Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
White Fish Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
Harold & Marie Deutsch Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
Ivan Jindra Memorial Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
Roosevelt Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi

Parks20

Garrison Concourse Wayside Park: 11.3 mi
Jake Regan Park: 11.5 mi
Father Hennepin State Park: 11.7 mi
Isle Lake View Park: 12.5 mi
Wayside Park: 16.6 mi

Museums2

Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post: 2.5 mi
Mille Lacs Indian Museum: 2.5 mi

Artworks2

Giant Walleye: 11.3 mi
Deerwood Deer Statue: 24.2 mi

Rest areas1

Rum River Rest Area: 15.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:48	19:28
June solstice	05:24	20:24	21:11
September equinox	07:03	18:35	19:14
December solstice	07:55	15:42	16:32

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, 17 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

round-lobed hepatica17 obs
large white trillium16 obs
chicken of the woods14 obs
Ghost Pipe13 obs
wild geranium12 obs
lobster mushroom12 obs
Canada mayflower11 obs
red columbine10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000403OpenStreetMap Wikipedia Wikidata Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/39876380

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