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Expandere Wildlife Management Area

Expandere Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Expandere Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 429 m. Cottonwood County Highest Point stands 479 m to the northeast, 9.3 miles off. 11 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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Coordinates43.91929, -95.34270
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 47
  • Heron Lake Memorial Field: 8.2 mi
  • Abby Park: 11.4 mi
  • Court house park: 11.8 mi
  • Island Park: 11.9 mi
  • Kastle Kingdom: 12.2 mi
Peaks: 11
  • String Lakes Peak: 8.9 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 9.3 mi
  • Red Rock Ridge High Point: 10.4 mi
  • 457: 11.2 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 17.1 mi
Museums: 7
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 23.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cottonwood County Highest PointNE 42°479 m9.3 mi
OčhéyadaŋNW 314°475 m22.2 mi
String Lakes PeakESE 110°473 m8.9 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointNNE 19°463 m10.4 mi
Mountain IslandE 90°397.7 m22.5 mi
Watonwan County Highest PointE 101°396.3 m24.9 mi
Jeffers PetroglyphsNE 50°391 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5619:34
June solstice05:4020:2421:08
September equinox07:0918:4319:21
December solstice07:5316:0016:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133475970747164503522
Precip in0.90.81.83.24.54.73.93.73.22.51.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Windom, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656926

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