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Devils Run Wildlife Management Area

Devils Run Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Devils Run Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 443 m. Murray County Highest Point stands 588 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Phelan Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.01166, -95.56670
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 34
  • Currie Ball Park: 6.2 mi
  • End-O-Line Railroad Park: 6.5 mi
  • Lake Shetek State Park: 9.1 mi
  • Rupp Park: 9.2 mi
  • Mays Park: 9.3 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Scenic Overlook: 5.3 mi
  • Očhéyadaŋ: 10.3 mi
  • Poverty Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Red Rock Ridge High Point: 14.9 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 17.4 mi
Museums: 4
Historic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Murray County Highest PointW 264°587.8 m22.2 mi
Nobles County Highest PointWSW 237°552.4 m20.5 mi
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointSW 228°546.3 m21.0 mi
Poverty HillWNW 296°526 m12.5 mi
Cottonwood County Highest PointE 88°479 m17.4 mi
OčhéyadaŋNNW 332°475 m10.3 mi
String Lakes PeakESE 116°473 m21.7 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointENE 76°463 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5719:35
June solstice05:4020:2521:09
September equinox07:1018:4319:22
December solstice07:5516:0016:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141830445868726962483320
Precip in0.60.71.42.94.04.53.53.43.82.31.30.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tracy, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657010

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