Nature reserve · North Dakota

Buchholz WPA

Buchholz WPA from directly overhead

Buchholz WPA is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 609 m. Streeter Moraine stands 693 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hochhalter WPA, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. 33 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

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Coordinates46.29468, -99.27337

Around it

33 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves14

Hochhalter WPA: 1.9 mi
Mundt Lake WPA: 2.2 mi
Brinkman WPA: 5.8 mi
National Waterfowl Production Area: 9.5 mi
Thurn WPA: 11.8 mi

Parks14

Lehr State Game Management Area: 2.4 mi
Green Lake State Game Management Area: 9.8 mi
Logan County State Game Management Area: 10.1 mi
McIntosh County State Wildlife Management Area: 10.6 mi
Doyle Memorial State Recreational Park: 11.6 mi

Peaks3

Streeter Moraine: 14.3 mi
Cactus Point: 17.1 mi
Buffalo Hill: 18.7 mi

Historic sites1

Old Settlers Monument: 17.9 mi

Attractions1

Dinosaurs on the Prairie Threshing Machines: 24.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Streeter Moraine	N 353°	693 m	14.3 mi
Buffalo Hill	NNE 14°	652 m	18.7 mi
Cactus Point	N 9°	642 m	17.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:41	19:10	19:50
June solstice	05:46	20:47	21:33
September equinox	07:25	18:57	19:37
December solstice	08:18	16:03	16:54

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	11	15	27	41	54	63	69	67	58	44	29	17

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1158008593

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