Nature reserve · North Dakota

Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge

Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 607 m. Bull Butte stands 785 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Hill, a peak 5.1 miles away. 17 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 607 m

Getting there

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Coordinates48.56865, -103.66148

Around it

17 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves8

State Trust: 20.2 mi
USFWS: 21.2 mi
State Trust: 21.5 mi
USFWS: 22.6 mi
USFWS: 22.7 mi

Peaks5

Indian Hill: 5.1 mi
Smoky Butte: 8.6 mi
Barr Butte: 10.8 mi
Brush Mountain: 20.4 mi
Bull Butte: 23.3 mi

Parks3

Sunset Park: 13.3 mi
Writing Rock Park: 17.2 mi
Brush Lake State Park: 20.7 mi

Cliffs1

Sowers Bluff: 14.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Bull Butte	SW 227°	785 m	23.3 mi
Barr Butte	W 267°	696 m	10.8 mi
Smoky Butte	NNE 32°	673 m	8.6 mi
Brush Mountain	WSW 251°	672 m	20.4 mi
Indian Hill	NE 52°	662 m	5.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:58	18:26	19:07
June solstice	04:53	20:12	21:01
September equinox	06:42	18:13	18:54
December solstice	07:45	15:07	16:02

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	8	12	25	40	52	61	67	66	56	41	25	13
Precip in	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.2	3.4	3.1	1.6	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wildrose 3NW, 22 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1254192441

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