Nature reserve · North Dakota

J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge

J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 433 m. Boundary Butte stands 765 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Carbury, a ghost town 15 miles away. Turtle Mountain Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 17 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 433 m

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.72092, -100.76638

18.6 mi off the Turtle Mountain Scenic Byway

Around it

17 named places within 25 miles

Parks7

Forestry Park: 15.8 mi
Tommy Turtle Park: 16.8 mi
Turtle Mountain State Recreational Forest: 18.3 mi
Mystical Horizons: 19.2 mi
Bottineau Winter Park: 20.8 mi

Artworks6

Statue of Pierre Bottineau: 16.2 mi
Sunflower Mural: 16.3 mi
Tommy Turtle: 16.8 mi
Century 21 Stonehenge: 19.2 mi
Mystical Horizons Sign: 19.2 mi

Ghost towns2

Carbury: 15.5 mi
Omemee: 18.8 mi

Peaks2

Turtle Mountain: 21.5 mi
Boundary Butte: 24.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Boundary Butte	NE 38°	765 m	24.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:47	19:14	19:56
June solstice	05:41	21:01	21:50
September equinox	07:30	19:01	19:43
December solstice	08:34	15:55	16:50

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	7	11	24	41	54	64	69	67	57	42	26	12
Precip in	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.1	2.4	4.2	2.8	2.0	1.6	1.4	0.8	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Upham 3 N, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/1254171974

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