Little Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area
Little Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 483 m. Murray County Highest Point stands 588 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Touch the Sky Prairie High Point, a peak 2.0 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Tower · 7 mi
- Inkpaduta Campsite · 21 mi
- Exhibit Quarry · 21 mi
- Lake Haiwatha · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wayside Chapel Park: 2.9 mi
- Tonto Park: 3.9 mi
- Hawkinson Park: 4.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
- Evergreen Park: 4.3 mi
- Blue Mounds State Park: 4.1 mi
- Rock River Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Springwater Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Russ Blanford Wildlife Management Area: 6.4 mi
- P.F. Mulder Wildlife Management Area: 7.9 mi
- Luverne Bell: 4.5 mi
- Flags: 4.9 mi
- WWII: 4.9 mi
- WWII Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Hardwick Veterans Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Touch the Sky Prairie High Point: 2.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 3.8 mi
- The Mound: 3.9 mi
- Jasper Peak: 9.8 mi
- Mount Bigsiouxvius: 19.3 mi
- Hinkly House Museum: 4.9 mi
- Manitou: 5.0 mi
- Rock County Historical Society and Museum: 5.1 mi
- Garretson Area Historical Society and Museum: 11.9 mi
- Pipestone County Museum: 19.9 mi
- The Palisades: 12.8 mi
- Dells of the Sioux River: 23.3 mi
- King & Queen Rock: 13.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 13.4 mi
- Ardian Rest Area - I90 EB: 15.1 mi
- Winnewissa Falls: 21.0 mi
- Corn Feeding Area: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray County Highest Point | NE 35° | 587.8 m | 22.2 mi |
| Nobles County Highest Point | ENE 62° | 552.4 m | 19.9 mi |
| Heron Lake Watershed Highest Point | ENE 71° | 546.3 m | 20.2 mi |
| Eagle Rock | ESE 112° | 527 m | 3.8 mi |
| Jasper Peak | NW 324° | 523.3 m | 9.8 mi |
| Touch the Sky Prairie High Point | N 353° | 518 m | 2.0 mi |
| Orphanage Hill | WNW 290° | 484 m | 24.0 mi |
| Trent Mounds | WNW 300° | 455 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:27 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:04 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 20 | 32 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sioux Falls 14 NNE, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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