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Interstate Highway 94 Borrow Pit Wildlife Management Area

Interstate Highway 94 Borrow Pit Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Interstate Highway 94 Borrow Pit Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 303 m. Pelican stands 469 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Reed Field, a park 1.8 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates46.68470, -96.42904

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Reed Field: 1.8 mi
  • George Dahm Park: 2.0 mi
  • Thompson Park: 2.0 mi
  • McGrath Park: 2.1 mi
  • Friendship Park: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 11
Museums: 9
Attractions: 7
  • Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion: 10.1 mi
  • Tractor: 19.8 mi
  • Tochi Products: 21.9 mi
  • Minuteman II ICBM: 23.4 mi
  • F-102A Delta Dagger: 23.5 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Prairie Chicken Statue: 15.7 mi
  • Pelican Pete: 18.3 mi
  • Dragon Statue: 20.1 mi
  • Sown: 20.2 mi
  • Ole & Lena: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Heritage Garden and Amphitheater: 20.8 mi
  • Prairie Wildflower and Wild Grasses Garden: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Moorhead Travel Information Center and Rest Area: 18.5 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Pelican: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Interstate Highway 94 Borrow Pit Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PelicanE 89°469 m21.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3018:5819:38
June solstice05:3320:3721:24
September equinox07:1318:4519:25
December solstice08:0815:5016:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F91327425666706860452916
Precip in0.80.61.12.13.33.93.42.72.82.30.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rothsay, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656676

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