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H.C. Southwick Wildlife Management Area, South Unit

H.C. Southwick Wildlife Management Area, South Unit from directly overhead

H.C. Southwick Wildlife Management Area, South Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 468 m. Murray County Highest Point stands 588 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Slough WPA, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 7 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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Coordinates43.95062, -95.73468

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 60
  • Ebbers Park: 2.2 mi
  • Rupp Park: 2.4 mi
  • Bi-Centennial Park: 2.8 mi
  • Mays Park: 2.9 mi
  • Gullord Park: 3.1 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Poverty Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Nobles County Highest Point: 11.3 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 11.6 mi
  • Heron Lake Watershed Highest Point: 12.2 mi
  • Očhéyadaŋ: 13.8 mi
Museums: 4
Historic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Ardian Rest Area - I90 EB: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Murray County Highest PointW 278°587.8 m13.8 mi
Nobles County Highest PointSW 232°552.4 m11.3 mi
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointSW 217°546.3 m12.2 mi
Poverty HillNNW 344°526 m10.1 mi
OčhéyadaŋNNE 15°475 m13.8 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointENE 71°463 m24.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5719:35
June solstice05:4120:2621:10
September equinox07:1118:4419:22
December solstice07:5516:0116:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131729435667716860463118
Precip in0.60.91.62.94.05.03.63.43.22.31.70.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Wilson, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656336

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