Best places: Wildlife refuges in Mille Lacs County

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Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife refuge
Forested, marshy park featuring trails & many birds (including sandhill cranes) & other wildlife.
4.70 (649 reviews) (~48.57 km from centre)
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Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Wildlife refuge
👍👍 Truly a relaxing and fun place to visit, hike, and relax in, especially this time of year.
4.80 (154 reviews) (~191.91 km from centre)
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Carlos Avery State Wildlife Management Area
Wildlife refuge
This sanctuary of wetlands, forests & prairies is popular for wildlife watching & hunting.
4.50 (474 reviews) (~81.78 km from centre)
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Crex Meadows State Wildlife Area
Wildlife refuge
Wooded prairie & wetlands & rich wildlife habitat spanning 30,000 acres with an information center.
4.70 (195 reviews) (~75.82 km from centre)
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Dunnville State Wildlife Area
Wildlife refuge
👍👍 Awesome nature area with plenty of trail and river walking. Found a beautiful agate!
4.70 (123 reviews) (~194.01 km from centre)
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Wildlife Science Center
Education center
👍👍 Very interesting place, highly recommended to visit particularly if you have kids. Wolves are the stars of the place but there are also big cats, black bears, and few other Minnesota wild animals. The guide was very well prepared and explained concepts of ethology (animal behavior) in a simple but v...
4.70 (113 reviews) (~76.1 km from centre)
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Blue Hill Trail
Wildlife refuge
👍👍 Beautiful hiking trail and overlook, it’s a pretty good size trail with an overlook at the top of a hill that lets you look down the beautiful green landscape. Great for a little getaway into the wilderness, but not too far from home. The Blue Hill trails sits right within the Sherburne Wildlife ref...
4.80 (91 reviews) (~48.9 km from centre)
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Bass Ponds, Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife refuge
👍👍 Bass ponds have great trails, awesome landscapes, and also fun things along the trails. Many people fishing in the river, people watching the beavers, and so many frogs! I really enjoyed walking through the trees, seeing huge ones that must have been around for so many years. People you meet along t...
4.60 (124 reviews) (~124.54 km from centre)
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Louisville Swamp Trailhead
Wildlife refuge
4.50 (148 reviews) (~132.52 km from centre)
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Big Stone NWR and WMD Admin Bldg and Visitor Contact Station
Nature preserve
4.60 (94 reviews) (~222.87 km from centre)
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Oak Savanna Learning Center
Wildlife refuge
🫤 Not a visitor center. Such a waste of a nice looking building with a big parking lot and is only open by appointment or to schools. It does have some well groomed hiking trails.
4.80 (55 reviews) (~49.16 km from centre)
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Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife refuge
👍👍 Went to the candlelight ski event last night. It was awesome, very well organized! Thank you to all who organized this beautiful event!
4.40 (84 reviews) (~47.16 km from centre)
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Fish Lake Wildlife Area
Wildlife refuge
4.50 (70 reviews) (~74.83 km from centre)
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McKenzie Creek State Wildlife Area
Wildlife refuge
4.60 (48 reviews) (~109.1 km from centre)
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Walter J. Breckenridge Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America
Environmental protection organization
4.80 (36 reviews) (~94.81 km from centre)
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Dodge Nature Center – Main Property
Nature preserve
👍👍 We moved to West St. Paul in May and immediately discovered this gem of a nature center! My wife found the center as she researched all the parks and recreational spots when we arrived and we have visited many times already just to take in the natural tranquility even though it's located in an urban...
4.80 (36 reviews) (~123.09 km from centre)
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Mille Lacs State Wildlife Management Area.
Wildlife refuge
🫤 The management of the refuse had the cops call on us because we took a two week break there . They had the sheriff's office out there doing a wellness check. So don't stay there at all to long or they think that you'll be living there.
4.30 (46 reviews) (~9.91 km from centre)
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Red Cedar Waterfowl Production Area
Wildlife refuge
4.40 (33 reviews) (~183.62 km from centre)
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Loon Lake Wildlife Area
Wildlife refuge
👍 Very quiet peaceful place. Fishing wasn't very good today.:)
4.00 (35 reviews) (~128.74 km from centre)
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