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Bennett Wildlife Management Area

Bennett Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Bennett Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 400 m. Cottonwood County Highest Point stands 479 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Banks Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.7 miles away. 9 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
Coordinates43.88627, -94.98346
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 37
  • City Park: 4.5 mi
  • Lawcon Park: 4.7 mi
  • Public Water Access: 4.8 mi
  • Obie Knutson Park: 4.9 mi
  • Mountain County Park: 5.2 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Mountain Island: 5.2 mi
  • Watonwan County Highest Point: 7.0 mi
  • String Lakes Peak: 9.5 mi
  • Holthe Overlook: 10.4 mi
  • Jeffers Petroglyphs: 14.7 mi
Museums: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 17.1 mi
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 18.0 mi
  • Watonwan Rest Area: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 17.3 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Welcome To Sherburn: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cottonwood County Highest PointNW 308°479 m14.8 mi
String Lakes PeakW 265°473 m9.5 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointNW 310°463 m18.9 mi
Mountain IslandENE 63°397.7 m5.2 mi
Watonwan County Highest PointESE 112°396.3 m7.0 mi
Jeffers PetroglyphsNNW 346°391 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5419:32
June solstice05:3820:2321:07
September equinox07:0818:4119:19
December solstice07:5215:5816:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133475970747164503522
Precip in0.90.81.83.24.54.73.93.73.22.51.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Windom, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655739

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