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Dovray Wildlife Management Area, South Unit

Dovray Wildlife Management Area, South Unit from directly overhead

Dovray Wildlife Management Area, South Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 453 m. Murray County Highest Point stands 588 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates44.05689, -95.57646

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Currie Ball Park: 4.4 mi
  • End-O-Line Railroad Park: 4.6 mi
  • Lake Shetek State Park: 6.8 mi
  • Mays Park: 9.8 mi
  • Rupp Park: 9.9 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Scenic Overlook: 2.2 mi
  • Očhéyadaŋ: 7.4 mi
  • Poverty Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Red Rock Ridge High Point: 15.0 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 18.0 mi
Historic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Murray County Highest PointWSW 256°587.8 m22.2 mi
Nobles County Highest PointSW 229°552.4 m22.0 mi
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointSW 222°546.3 m22.9 mi
Poverty HillWNW 283°526 m11.0 mi
Cottonwood County Highest PointE 98°479 m18.0 mi
OčhéyadaŋNW 324°475 m7.4 mi
String Lakes PeakESE 122°473 m23.6 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointE 89°463 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5719:35
June solstice05:4020:2521:10
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, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657085

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