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Dovray Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit

Dovray Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit from directly overhead

Dovray Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 459 m. Murray County Highest Point stands 588 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Dovray Wildlife Management Area, North 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

Coordinates44.07948, -95.61029

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • End-O-Line Railroad Park: 2.7 mi
  • Currie Ball Park: 2.8 mi
  • Lake Shetek State Park: 4.6 mi
  • Mays Park: 9.3 mi
  • Rupp Park: 9.5 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Scenic Overlook: 0.8 mi
  • Očhéyadaŋ: 5.2 mi
  • Poverty Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Red Rock Ridge High Point: 16.7 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 19.9 mi
Historic sites: 4

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Murray County Highest PointWSW 251°587.8 m21.1 mi
Nobles County Highest PointSW 223°552.4 m21.9 mi
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointSW 216°546.3 m23.0 mi
Poverty HillW 275°526 m9.1 mi
Cottonwood County Highest PointESE 102°479 m19.9 mi
OčhéyadaŋNNW 329°475 m5.2 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointE 94°463 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5719:35
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/31657028

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