Highwater Wildlife Management Area
Highwater Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 424 m. Cottonwood County Highest Point stands 479 m to the east-southeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Rock Ridge High Point, a peak 2.2 miles away. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Rock Falls County Park: 11.0 mi
- Mound Creek County Park: 11.6 mi
- Abby Park: 13.4 mi
- Central Park: 13.8 mi
- Tegels Park: 14.0 mi
- Red Rock Ridge High Point: 2.2 mi
- Cottonwood County Highest Point: 3.5 mi
- 457: 4.1 mi
- 395: 12.0 mi
- String Lakes Peak: 12.0 mi
- Westbrook Heritage House Museum: 7.5 mi
- Jeffers Petroglyphs: 12.0 mi
- Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site: 12.1 mi
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum: 16.3 mi
- Heritage Village Museum: 19.4 mi
- Laura Ingalls' Dugout Home on Plum Creek: 17.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.1 mi
- Tracy Tornado Memorial: 21.9 mi
- Site of Sundown Village: 22.3 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Highwater Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood County Highest Point | ESE 103° | 479 m | 3.5 mi |
| Očhéyadaŋ | WNW 293° | 475 m | 20.4 mi |
| String Lakes Peak | SSE 153° | 473 m | 12.0 mi |
| Red Rock Ridge High Point | NNE 13° | 463 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mountain Island | ESE 111° | 397.7 m | 21.0 mi |
| Watonwan County Highest Point | ESE 120° | 396.3 m | 24.9 mi |
| Jeffers Petroglyphs | ENE 70° | 391 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:56 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:24 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:59 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 21 | 33 | 47 | 59 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 64 | 50 | 35 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Windom, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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