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Lillegard Wildlife Management Area

Lillegard Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Lillegard Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 407 m. Cottonwood County Highest Point stands 479 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Des Moines River SNA, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates43.81066, -95.10928

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 36
  • Obie Knutson Park: 3.3 mi
  • Island Park: 3.4 mi
  • Court house park: 3.8 mi
  • Kastle Kingdom: 4.1 mi
  • Tegels Park: 4.5 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Holthe Overlook: 4.5 mi
  • String Lakes Peak: 5.5 mi
  • Watonwan County Highest Point: 13.0 mi
  • Mountain Island: 13.3 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 15.3 mi
Museums: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 12.2 mi
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 12.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Loon Lake Cemetery: 19.6 mi
  • Welcome To Sherburn: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 21.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cottonwood County Highest PointNNW 339°479 m15.3 mi
String Lakes PeakNW 324°473 m5.5 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointNNW 335°463 m19.2 mi
Martin County Highest PointSSE 149°429.8 m24.5 mi
Mountain IslandNE 55°397.7 m13.3 mi
Watonwan County Highest PointENE 78°396.3 m13.0 mi
Jeffers PetroglyphsN 8°391 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5519:33
June solstice05:3920:2321:07
September equinox07:0818:4219:20
December solstice07:5215:5916:47

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655555

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