Nature reserve · North Dakota

Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 529 m. Sibley Butte stands 640 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. 15 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

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Operated by: United States Fish & Wildlife Service

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Coordinates46.71302, -100.12554

Around it

15 named places within 25 miles

Parks6

Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 4.2 mi
Driscoll Sibley Park: 9.9 mi
McKenzie Slough State Game Management Area: 15.2 mi
Dawson State Game Management Area: 17.6 mi
Appert Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 18.6 mi

Peaks4

Moffit Butte: 7.0 mi
Potato Hill: 19.0 mi
Sibley Butte: 20.3 mi
Rattlesnake Butte: 20.8 mi

Rest areas2

Rest Area Eastbound: 23.3 mi
Rest Area Westbound: 23.3 mi

Artworks1

World's Largest Sandhill Crane: 14.4 mi

Nature reserves1

Slade National Wildlife Refuge: 20.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Temvik: 24.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Sibley Butte	NW 326°	640 m	20.3 mi
Rattlesnake Butte	WSW 238°	613 m	20.8 mi
Potato Hill	WSW 251°	594 m	19.0 mi
Moffit Butte	WSW 257°	547 m	7.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:44	19:13	19:53
June solstice	05:47	20:51	21:39
September equinox	07:28	19:00	19:40
December solstice	08:23	16:04	16:56

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	13	17	30	44	56	66	72	70	61	46	30	18

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffit 3 SE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/988432879

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