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Dovray Wildlife Management Area, North Unit

Dovray Wildlife Management Area, North Unit from directly overhead

Dovray Wildlife Management Area, North Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 460 m. Murray County Highest Point stands 588 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dovray Wildlife Management Area, Central Unit, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates44.07678, -95.59869

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • End-O-Line Railroad Park: 3.3 mi
  • Currie Ball Park: 3.3 mi
  • Lake Shetek State Park: 5.2 mi
  • Mays Park: 9.6 mi
  • Rupp Park: 9.8 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Scenic Overlook: 0.6 mi
  • Očhéyadaŋ: 5.6 mi
  • Poverty Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Red Rock Ridge High Point: 16.1 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 19.3 mi
Historic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Murray County Highest PointWSW 252°587.8 m21.5 mi
Nobles County Highest PointSW 225°552.4 m22.1 mi
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointSW 217°546.3 m23.2 mi
Poverty HillW 276°526 m9.7 mi
Cottonwood County Highest PointESE 102°479 m19.3 mi
OčhéyadaŋNW 325°475 m5.6 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointE 94°463 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5719:35
June solstice05:4020:2621:10
September equinox07:1018:4419:22
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, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657026

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