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County Line Wildlife Management Area, North Unit

County Line Wildlife Management Area, North Unit from directly overhead

County Line Wildlife Management Area, North Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 500 m. Murray County Highest Point stands 588 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is County Line Wildlife Management Area, South Unit, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates43.85936, -95.78441

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
  • Ebbers Park: 8.6 mi
  • Bi-Centennial Park: 8.7 mi
  • Rupp Park: 8.9 mi
  • Gullord Park: 9.1 mi
  • Mays Park: 9.2 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Heron Lake Watershed Highest Point: 5.9 mi
  • Nobles County Highest Point: 6.4 mi
  • Murray County Highest Point: 13.9 mi
  • Poverty Hill: 16.0 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Ardian Rest Area - I90 EB: 18.2 mi
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 21.3 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Hardwick Veterans Memorial: 21.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Murray County Highest PointNW 306°587.8 m13.9 mi
Nobles County Highest PointW 264°552.4 m6.4 mi
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointSW 235°546.3 m5.9 mi
Eagle RockWSW 241°527 m23.5 mi
Poverty HillN 359°526 m16.0 mi
OčhéyadaŋNNE 17°475 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5819:36
June solstice05:4220:2621:10
September equinox07:1118:4419:22
December solstice07:5516:0216:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131729435667716860463118
Precip in0.60.91.62.94.05.03.63.43.22.31.70.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Wilson, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657806

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