Nature reserve · North Dakota

Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge

Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 681 m. Little Butte stands 756 m to the east, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Lostwood Wilderness, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Scenic Backway passes 16 miles off. 13 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 681 m

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

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Getting there

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Coordinates48.62661, -102.45307

16.0 mi off the Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Scenic Backway

Around it

13 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves5

Lostwood Wilderness: 1.1 mi
Coteau Prairie WPA: 10.5 mi
Ball WPA: 17.8 mi
Montrail County WPA: 17.8 mi
Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge: 19.4 mi

Peaks5

Ward Hill: 6.1 mi
Little Butte: 6.9 mi
Mosquito Butte: 10.7 mi
Grand View: 14.1 mi
Big Butte: 19.5 mi

Parks3

Wildwod Park: 20.5 mi
Wilson Park: 21.8 mi
Flickertail Village Museum: 22.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Little Butte	E 81°	756 m	6.9 mi
Grand View	W 271°	753 m	14.1 mi
Big Butte	SW 230°	739 m	19.5 mi
Ward Hill	ENE 71°	728 m	6.1 mi
Mosquito Butte	ESE 112°	708 m	10.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:54	19:21	20:03
June solstice	05:48	21:07	21:57
September equinox	07:37	19:08	19:50
December solstice	08:40	16:02	16:57

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	7	11	24	39	52	61	67	66	55	40	25	12

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Powers Lake 1N, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/1254186597

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