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Long Prairie River Wildlife Management Area, North Unit

Long Prairie River Wildlife Management Area, North Unit from directly overhead

Long Prairie River Wildlife Management Area, North Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 382 m. Mount Nebo stands 460 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Prairie River Wildlife Management Area, South Unit, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 21 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates46.16032, -94.80471

90 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
  • Sylvan Shores Community Park: 4.4 mi
  • Browerville Sports Complex: 6.2 mi
  • Browerville Public Park: 6.3 mi
  • Nelson Park: 11.3 mi
  • Locke Circle Park: 13.3 mi
Museums: 6
Peaks: 3
  • Mount Nebo: 19.8 mi
  • The Mound: 23.4 mi
  • Eagle Mountain: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Veterans' Memorial: 7.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Paul Bunyan Statue: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Long Prairie River Wildlife Management Area, North Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNW 313°460 m19.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5219:32
June solstice05:2820:2821:15
September equinox07:0718:3919:19
December solstice08:0015:4616:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F91326405364686657442915
Precip in1.00.91.52.73.54.64.63.43.32.91.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Prairie, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655687

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