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Fury Wildlife Management Area

Fury Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Fury Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 437 m. Nobles County Highest Point stands 552 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is West Graham Wildlife Management Area, South Unit, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates43.79308, -95.49613

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 56
  • Brewster City Park: 6.7 mi
  • Heron Lake Memorial Field: 9.0 mi
  • Castlewood Knolls Park: 11.5 mi
  • Watland Park: 11.8 mi
  • Vets Park: 12.3 mi
Peaks: 9
  • String Lakes Peak: 17.0 mi
  • Jackson County Highest Point: 18.7 mi
  • Heron Lake Watershed Highest Point: 19.3 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 20.8 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 17.4 mi
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 23.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobles County Highest PointW 281°552.4 m21.1 mi
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointW 274°546.3 m19.3 mi
Jackson County Highest PointS 174°480.3 m18.7 mi
Cottonwood County Highest PointNE 42°479 m20.9 mi
String Lakes PeakENE 70°473 m17.0 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointNNE 31°463 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5619:34
June solstice05:4120:2421:08
September equinox07:1018:4319:21
December solstice07:5416:0116:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141831445768716961483320
Precip in0.70.81.53.14.15.23.53.93.22.41.30.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worthington 2 NNE, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657437

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