Nature reserve · North Dakota

Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge

Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 584 m. Little Butte stands 756 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Scenic Backway runs past it. 11 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 584 m

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates48.79031, -102.10666

On the Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Scenic Backway

Around it

11 named places within 25 miles

Peaks7

Little Butte: 13.6 mi
Ward Hill: 13.7 mi
Mosquito Butte: 16.5 mi
Mike King Hill: 21.5 mi
Church Hill: 21.8 mi

Nature reserves3

Lostwood Wilderness: 18.8 mi
Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge: 19.4 mi
Coteau Prairie WPA: 24.3 mi

Parks1

Mouse River Park: 14.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Little Butte	SW 222°	756 m	13.6 mi
Ward Hill	SW 227°	728 m	13.7 mi
Mosquito Butte	SSW 201°	708 m	16.5 mi
Church Hill	SSE 153°	586 m	21.8 mi
Deltlot Hill	SSE 150°	585 m	22.1 mi
Mike King Hill	SSE 151°	575 m	21.5 mi
Murphy Hill	SSE 150°	575 m	22.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:52	18:20	19:01
June solstice	04:46	20:06	20:56
September equinox	06:36	18:07	18:48
December solstice	08:40	16:00	16:55

Local time (America/Regina).

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	25	40	53	63	68	66	56	42	26	14
Precip in	1.0	0.7	0.9	1.0	2.5	3.4	3.0	2.2	1.9	1.2	0.8	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kenmare 1 WSW, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/1254191984

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