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Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge

Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 448 m. Hawks Nest stands 645 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. 31 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates47.23196, -98.82819

31 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 18
  • Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge: 1.6 mi
  • Wimbledon City Park: 17.9 mi
  • Elks Park: 19.4 mi
  • Masonic Park: 19.5 mi
  • City Park: 19.9 mi
Museums: 4
  • Midland Continental Depot Transportation Museum: 17.9 mi
  • Foster County Historical Society Museum: 20.7 mi
  • Stutsman County Memorial Museum - Lutz Mansion: 23.3 mi
  • National Buffalo Museum: 24.5 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Peaks: 3
  • Round Top: 12.1 mi
  • Mount Morian: 19.0 mi
  • Hawks Nest: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • World's Largest Buffalo: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hawks NestWNW 290°645 m22.9 mi
Mount MorianWNW 286°610 m19.0 mi
Round TopSW 234°587 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:0819:48
June solstice05:4020:4821:36
September equinox07:2318:5519:35
December solstice08:2015:5616:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111628435665706860453017

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edmunds Arrowwood REF, 3 mi away.

  • American Coot7 obs
  • American White Pelican6 obs
  • Bobolink6 obs
  • leadplant5 obs
  • Clay-colored Sparrow4 obs
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird4 obs
  • Tree Swallow4 obs
  • Wild Licorice4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/457107696

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