Hands Marsh

Hands Marsh: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Hands Marsh

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Hands Marsh — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.20219, -93.49050. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Hands Marsh

• Remund Lake · lake · Rice · ~3 km · Must-see
• Knutsen Lake · lake · Waseca · ~6 km · Must-see
• Toners Lake · lake · Waseca · ~12 km · Must-see
• Cannon Lake · lake · Rice · ~16 km · Must-see
• Rice Lake · lake · Le Sueur · ~18 km · Must-see
• Wells Lake · lake · Rice · ~19 km · Must-see
• Lake Elysian · lake · Waseca · ~20 km · Must-see
• Sasse Lake · lake · Le Sueur · ~22 km · Must-see
• Roberds Lake · lake · Rice · ~22 km · Must-see
• Shields Lake · lake · Rice · ~24 km · Must-see
• Mazaska Lake · lake · Rice · ~25 km · Must-see
• German Lake · lake · Le Sueur · ~25 km · Must-see
• River Bend Nature Center · sanctuary · Rice · ~25 km · Must-see
• Lake Volney · lake · Le Sueur · ~28 km · Must-see
• Sleepy Eye Lake · lake · Le Sueur · ~28 km · Must-see
• Minnesota State School Orphanage Museum · museum · Steele · ~30 km · Must-see
• Greenleaf Lake · lake · Le Sueur · ~30 km · Must-see
• Madison Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~31 km · Must-see

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Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Hands Marsh

• River Bend Nature Center · sanctuary · Rice · ~25 km · Must-see
• Wells Fargo · sanctuary · Steele · ~31 km · Must-see
• O. E. Rolvaag House · sanctuary · Rice · ~48 km · Must-see
• Sibley Park · sanctuary · Blue Earth · ~54 km · Must-see
• McKnight Prairie · sanctuary · Goodhue · ~62 km · Must-see
• Power Tower · sanctuary · Scott · ~83 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Zoo · sanctuary · Dakota · ~84 km · Must-see
• South Oaks Park · sanctuary · Dakota · ~90 km · Must-see
• Jolly Green Giant · sanctuary · Faribault · ~98 km · Must-see
• Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary · sanctuary · Hennepin · ~103 km · Must-see

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