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Aid-pit Wildlife Management Area

Aid-pit Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Aid-pit Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 458 m. Nobles County Highest Point stands 552 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sherwood Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 9.7 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.60115, -96.01902

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Upper Park (Grove Park): 4.6 mi
  • Lower Park: 4.8 mi
  • Luverne City Park: 9.6 mi
  • Riverside Park: 9.6 mi
  • Schoneman County Park: 9.8 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • The Buffalo: 10.1 mi
  • WWII Memorial: 10.2 mi
  • WWII: 10.2 mi
  • Flags: 10.4 mi
  • Luverne Bell: 10.6 mi
Museums: 7
Peaks: 7
  • The Mound: 10.8 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 10.9 mi
  • Touch the Sky Prairie High Point: 15.9 mi
  • Heron Lake Watershed Highest Point: 15.9 mi
  • Nobles County Highest Point: 17.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • Ardian Rest Area - I90 EB: 3.1 mi
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Aid-pit Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobles County Highest PointNNE 17°552.4 m17.9 mi
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointNNE 25°546.3 m15.9 mi
Eagle RockNW 306°527 m10.9 mi
Jasper PeakNW 311°523.3 m24.0 mi
Touch the Sky Prairie High PointNW 308°518 m15.9 mi
Hawkeye PointESE 122°509 m18.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2818:5919:37
June solstice05:4420:2621:10
September equinox07:1218:4619:23
December solstice07:5516:0416:51

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F162033465970737162493421
Precip in0.60.71.53.04.05.03.63.13.22.21.40.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Rapids, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655596

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