Caribou Falls Wildlife Management Area: East Unit
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- Elevation, modelled
- 228 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Moose Mountain515 m · 18.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- North Shore Scenic Driveon it
- Sunset, June solstice
- 21:06local time
- Coordinates
- 47.4679, -91.0261
Caribou Falls Wildlife Management Area: East Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled 228 m. Moose Mountain stands 515 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Caribou Falls, a cliff 0.3 miles away. North Shore Scenic Drive runs past it. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.
- Operated by
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Caribou Falls Wildlife Management Area: East Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Mountain | NE 47° | 515 m | 18.6 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | NE 48° | 504 m | 20.1 mi |
| Oberg Mountain | NE 46° | 474 m | 16.1 mi |
| Leveaux Mountain | NE 46° | 472 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mystical Mountain | SW 230° | 470 m | 10.3 mi |
| Carlton Peak | NE 44° | 465 m | 11.2 mi |
| Marshall Mountain | SW 230° | 428 m | 9.9 mi |
| Palisade Head | SW 221° | 284 m | 13.6 mi |
- On the North Shore Scenic DriveNational
- 16.1 mi off the Superior National Forest Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- End of Shovel Point Overlook · 12 mi
- Palisade Head · 13 mi
- City Overlook · 16 mi
- North Shore Mining/Lake Superior Overlook · 17 mi
61 named places within 25 miles
- Sawmill Dome: 7.8 mi
- Marshall Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Mystical Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Carlton Peak: 11.2 mi
- Raven Rock: 13.1 mi
- Caribou Falls: 0.3 mi
- Manitou Cascades: 4.0 mi
- Cross River Falls: 8.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 9.4 mi
- Illgen Falls: 11.6 mi
- Rocky Beach: 5.0 mi
- Big Beach: 7.7 mi
- Black Beach: 15.8 mi
- Beaver River Beach: 19.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 24.9 mi
- Tofte Park: 11.3 mi
- Ray Berglund State Wayside: 15.4 mi
- Mariner Mountain Park: 17.5 mi
- School Forest Site: 17.6 mi
- Grandview Park: 22.4 mi
- Father Baraga’s Cross: 8.1 mi
- Devil's Rock: 11.6 mi
- Big Chairs: 20.1 mi
- hog creek trail launch: 24.0 mi
- Jason Robert Feltl: 11.3 mi
- Historic Tofte Dock: 11.5 mi
- Anchor of the Madeira: 24.4 mi
- Geology of Minnesota: 24.9 mi
- Caribou Falls: 0.3 mi
- Kennedy Cliff: 7.4 mi
- Palisade Head: 13.4 mi
- Cross River Heritage Center: 8.0 mi
- Finland Minnesota Historical Society: 9.2 mi
- North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum: 11.8 mi
- Cross River Wayside: 8.1 mi
- Tettegouche Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Split Rock Lighthouse Overlook: 24.9 mi
- Kennedy Landing Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Crystal Bay Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:36 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 20:17 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 15:23 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 10 | 14 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 43 | 28 | 17 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wolf Ridge ELC, 10 mi away.
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