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Major WPA

Major WPA from directly overhead

Major WPA is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 530 m. Wagon Wheel Hill stands 664 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Chase Lake State Game Management Area, a park 0.4 miles away. 25 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.02910, -99.47046
Around it

25 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 10
  • Chase Lake State Game Management Area: 0.4 mi
  • Camp Whitney State Park: 6.1 mi
  • McPhail Butte Historic Monument: 8.8 mi
  • Lake Williams State Game Management Area: 9.5 mi
  • Tappen City Park: 13.1 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Peaks: 6
  • McPhail Butte: 8.8 mi
  • Terpena Hill: 18.7 mi
  • Round Top: 21.6 mi
  • Wagon Wheel Hill: 22.4 mi
  • Mount Morian: 22.5 mi
Artworks: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wagon Wheel HillNNW 333°664 m22.4 mi
Hawks NestNNE 22°645 m23.3 mi
Mount MorianNNE 32°610 m22.5 mi
Terpena HillESE 118°592 m18.7 mi
McPhail ButteWSW 247°587 m8.8 mi
Round TopENE 71°587 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1019:51
June solstice05:4320:5021:37
September equinox07:2518:5719:37
December solstice08:2216:0016:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F91326405363696758432815
Precip in0.50.50.91.42.93.73.32.42.31.70.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamestown 38 WSW, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1420982508

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