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Picnic Area 6

Picnic Area 6 from directly overhead

Picnic Area 6 is a picnic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 370 m. The nearest named place is Neitermeier Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 4.4 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota National Guard

Getting there

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Coordinates46.13188, -94.44231

4.4 mi off the Great River Road, National

Around it

114 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves46

Neitermeier Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
Little Nokasippi River Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
Otter Point Wildlife Management Area: 7.1 mi
Mud Lake Wildlife Management Area, Morrison County Unit: 8.8 mi
Ruff-Nik Wildlife Management Area, Robinson Refuge Unit: 10.3 mi

Parks46

Fort Ripley City Park: 4.5 mi
Belle Prairie Park: 8.1 mi
Pine Grove Zoo: 10.8 mi
Pine Grove Park and Zoo: 11.0 mi
Le Bourget Park: 11.1 mi

Museums8

Camp Ripley Environmental Education Center: 5.4 mi
Minnesota Military Museum: 5.8 mi
Minnesota Fishing Museum: 11.2 mi
Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum: 12.5 mi
Crow Wing County Historical Society and Museum: 19.2 mi

Gardens5

Butterfly Garden and Rain Garden: 18.8 mi
Secret Garden: 18.8 mi
G101 & Giving Garden: 18.8 mi
Gazebo Garden: 18.9 mi
Memorial Garden: 18.9 mi

Ghost towns2

Old Crow Wing: 11.2 mi
Philbrook: 16.8 mi

Picnic sites2

Picnic Area 5: 12.3 mi
Shafer Lake Day Use Area: 21.2 mi

Peaks2

The Mound: 23.4 mi
Eagle Mountain: 24.0 mi

Rest areas1

Brainerd Lakes Area Welcome Center: 10.6 mi

Artworks1

Paul Bunyan Statue: 10.6 mi

Historic sites1

Veterans' Memorial: 24.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:22	18:51	19:30
June solstice	05:27	20:27	21:13
September equinox	07:05	18:38	19:17
December solstice	07:58	15:45	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	14	18	31	45	58	68	73	70	62	48	32	19
Precip in	0.8	0.7	1.3	2.3	3.3	4.3	3.7	3.3	3.0	2.4	1.3	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls 2nne, 10 mi away.

Sources

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5764673571

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