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Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site

Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site from directly overhead

Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 384 m. Cottonwood County Highest Point stands 479 m to the west-southwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Jeffers Petroglyphs, a museum 0.2 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The Dakota name for this place means "Letters burned on stone". It may also be referred to as "Wówapi Yaƞka" - "the writing place".

About

The story

park in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States of America

Wikidata Q49507154, matched on coordinates and name (286 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Historical Society

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.08914, -95.05512

29.0 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Bashaw Wildlife Management Area, DM&E Tract: 6.7 mi
Riecks Slough Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
Bashaw Wildlife Management Area, Tracts 2-7 & 9: 7.0 mi
Vogel Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
Little Swan Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi

Parks39

Mound Creek County Park: 2.8 mi
Red Rock Falls County Park: 3.3 mi
Public Water Access: 9.7 mi
Browns Park: 10.8 mi
Riverside Park: 11.0 mi

Peaks9

Jeffers Petroglyphs: 0.3 mi
395: 0.4 mi
457: 8.0 mi
Cottonwood County Highest Point: 9.4 mi
Red Rock Ridge High Point: 11.1 mi

Museums6

Jeffers Petroglyphs: 0.2 mi
Heritage Village Museum: 12.6 mi
Westbrook Heritage House Museum: 19.2 mi
Sleepy Eye Depot Museum: 21.9 mi
Round House Railroad Club: 22.1 mi

Historic sites5

Site of Sundown Village: 16.5 mi
Veterans Memorial: 17.5 mi
Sleepy Eye Welcomes You: 21.1 mi
Ish Tak Ha Ba Monument: 21.9 mi
Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek: 23.1 mi

Waterfalls1

Red Rock Falls: 3.3 mi

Beaches1

Swimming Beach: 22.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Cottonwood County Highest Point	WSW 239°	479 m	9.4 mi
String Lakes Peak	SSW 202°	473 m	15.9 mi
Red Rock Ridge High Point	W 260°	463 m	11.1 mi
Mountain Island	SE 145°	397.7 m	14.2 mi
Watonwan County Highest Point	SSE 149°	396.3 m	19.4 mi
Jeffers Petroglyphs	NNE 28°	391 m	0.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:24	18:55	19:33
June solstice	05:38	20:23	21:08
September equinox	07:08	18:41	19:19
December solstice	07:53	15:58	16:45

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	30	44	58	68	71	69	61	48	33	20
Precip in	0.7	0.8	1.6	3.1	4.3	4.6	4.0	3.5	2.9	2.0	1.4	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield 1 NW, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/165455985

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