Nature reserve · North Dakota

Audubon National Wildlife Refuge

Audubon National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Audubon National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 564 m. The nearest named place is Snake Creek National Wildlife Refuge, a park 3.0 miles away. Sakakawea Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 22 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 564 m

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.57085, -101.17431

19.6 mi off the Sakakawea Scenic Byway

Around it

22 named places within 25 miles

Parks20

Snake Creek National Wildlife Refuge: 3.0 mi
Audubon State Game Management Area: 3.5 mi
Totten Trail Park: 5.7 mi
Wolf Creek Public Use Area: 6.0 mi
De Trobriand State Game Management Area: 6.1 mi

Nature reserves1

Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge: 8.7 mi

Museums1

McLean County Museum: 20.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:48	19:17	19:57
June solstice	05:48	20:58	21:47
September equinox	07:32	19:04	19:44
December solstice	08:31	16:03	16:56

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	10	13	26	41	54	64	70	68	58	43	27	15
Precip in	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.4	2.6	3.8	2.4	1.7	1.6	1.4	0.7	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Underwood, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

Eastern Kingbird5 obs
Redhead4 obs
Ring-billed Gull3 obs
Bald Eagle3 obs
Northern Leopard Frog3 obs
American Coot2 obs
American White Pelican2 obs
Black-crowned Night Heron2 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikipedia Wikidata Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/1254195045

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