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Lake George National Wildlife Refuge

Lake George National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Lake George National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 569 m. Streeter Moraine stands 693 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. 28 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates46.72631, -99.48481

28 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 12
  • Lake George National Wildlife Refuge: 0.2 mi
  • Streeter Memorial State Park: 0.7 mi
  • Stokes Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
  • Alkaline Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
  • Tappen City Park: 12.7 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Streeter Moraine: 17.7 mi
  • Cactus Point: 18.1 mi
  • Buffalo Hill: 18.8 mi
  • McPhail Butte: 19.0 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 20.3 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Dinosaurs on the Prairie Threshing Machines: 17.0 mi
Artworks: 1
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Streeter MoraineSSE 152°693 m17.7 mi
Buffalo HillSE 128°652 m18.8 mi
Cactus PointSE 136°642 m18.1 mi
Terpena HillNE 55°592 m21.0 mi
McPhail ButteNNW 337°587 m19.0 mi
Mount PleasantENE 77°580 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1119:51
June solstice05:4520:4921:36
September equinox07:2518:5819:38
December solstice08:2116:0216:53

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F101426405364696858442916
Precip in0.50.40.71.22.83.63.42.42.11.60.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Streeter 5 NW, 2 mi away.

  • Northern Leopard Frog15 obs
  • Yellow Sweetclover10 obs
  • Scarlet Globemallow9 obs
  • leadplant9 obs
  • black henbane9 obs
  • silvery scurfpea9 obs
  • upright prairie coneflower8 obs
  • prairie rose8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/710472490

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