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Lake Bella Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit

Lake Bella Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit from directly overhead

Lake Bella Wildlife Management Area, Northwest Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 477 m. Heron Lake Watershed Highest Point stands 546 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates43.51404, -95.62069

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pickeral County Park: 3.2 mi
  • Wyatt Park: 3.4 mi
  • Sportsman County Park: 5.1 mi
  • Puppy Park: 6.2 mi
  • Pleasant Park: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 15
Peaks: 4
  • Hawkeye Point: 5.8 mi
  • Jackson County Highest Point: 8.4 mi
  • Ocheyedan Mound: 9.2 mi
  • Heron Lake Watershed Highest Point: 24.2 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Lyon County Freedom Rock: 22.4 mi
  • O'Brien County Freedom Rock: 22.7 mi
  • Bike Monument: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 4.0 mi
  • Ardian Rest Area - I90 EB: 19.9 mi
Museums: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Getting's Garden: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointNNW 328°546.3 m24.2 mi
Hawkeye PointSW 230°509 m5.8 mi
Ocheyedan MoundSSE 147°490 m9.2 mi
Jackson County Highest PointE 85°480.3 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5719:35
June solstice05:4220:2421:08
September equinox07:1018:4419:22
December solstice07:5316:0316:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141831445768716961483320
Precip in0.70.81.53.14.15.23.53.93.22.41.30.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worthington 2 NNE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656729

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