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Gordon W Yeager Wildlife Management Area, South West Tract

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Gordon W Yeager Wildlife Management Area, South West Tract is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 313 m. Chimney Rock stands 318 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Gordon W Yeager Wildlife Management Area, North West Unit, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 27 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates44.02515, -92.42379

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rochester Youth Baseball Complex: 0.4 mi
  • Fuad Mansour Sports Complex: 0.6 mi
  • Quarry Hill Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sekapp Orchard: 0.7 mi
  • Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park: 0.8 mi
Picnic sites: 22
Museums: 14
  • Heritage House: 2.0 mi
  • Plummer House: 2.9 mi
  • Spark: 3.1 mi
  • Charles E. Gagnon Museum & Sculpture Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Cascade Environmental Science Center: 4.2 mi
Attractions: 13
Artworks: 13
Historic sites: 10
  • Quarry Hill Ruins: 0.6 mi
  • Matthews Heritage Dome: 2.1 mi
  • Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Stone Building: 2.3 mi
  • Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Caboose: 10.0 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Signal Point: 18.1 mi
  • Eagle Point: 18.5 mi
  • Coyote Point: 18.7 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 18.8 mi
  • Foley Mound: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 3
  • JHELL Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Cascade Lake Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Chester Woods Beach: 6.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Community Garden: 11.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chimney RockE 84°318 m19.1 mi
Coyote PointE 84°316 m18.7 mi
Inspiration PointE 85°316 m18.8 mi
Signal PointE 83°310 m18.1 mi
Eagle PointE 84°310 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:22
June solstice05:2820:1320:57
September equinox06:5818:3119:09
December solstice07:4215:4716:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151932455868716861483421
Precip in1.01.02.03.54.45.34.24.13.62.41.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Intl AP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657155

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