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Laurs Lake Wildlife Management Area

Laurs Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Laurs Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 422 m. Cottonwood County Highest Point stands 479 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Des Moines River SNA, a nature reserve 2.7 miles away. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.80448, -95.02210
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 41
  • Obie Knutson Park: 2.8 mi
  • Kilen Woods State Park: 5.7 mi
  • Island Park: 6.1 mi
  • Kastle Kingdom: 6.2 mi
  • Belmont County Park: 6.3 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Holthe Overlook: 4.5 mi
  • Watonwan County Highest Point: 8.9 mi
  • String Lakes Peak: 9.0 mi
  • Mountain Island: 10.3 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 17.7 mi
Beaches: 10
Museums: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 11.3 mi
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 12.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Welcome To Sherburn: 17.5 mi
  • Loon Lake Cemetery: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cottonwood County Highest PointNNW 327°479 m17.7 mi
String Lakes PeakWNW 303°473 m9.0 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointNW 325°463 m21.8 mi
Martin County Highest PointSSE 158°429.8 m22.1 mi
Mountain IslandNE 39°397.7 m10.3 mi
Watonwan County Highest PointENE 70°396.3 m8.9 mi
Jeffers PetroglyphsN 356°391 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5519:33
June solstice05:3920:2221:06
September equinox07:0818:4119:19
December solstice07:5215:5916:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133475970747164503522
Precip in0.90.81.83.24.54.73.93.73.22.51.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Windom, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655625

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