Maple River National Wildlife Refuge
Maple River National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 425 m. Pickell Hill stands 450 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dickey County Waterfowl Production Area, a nature reserve 4.3 miles away. Chan SanSan Scenic Backway passes 20 miles off. 21 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 425 m
How to reach it
- 19.7 mi off the Chan SanSan Scenic Backway
21 named places within 25 miles
- Phesant Lake: 13.5 mi
- Phesant Lake Beach: 13.7 mi
- Phesant Lake: 13.7 mi
- Hockenberry Park: 15.9 mi
- Wilson Dam County Park: 18.0 mi
- Dickey County Waterfowl Production Area: 4.3 mi
- Waterfowl Production Area: 11.7 mi
- Dakota Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 13.1 mi
- WMA: 21.1 mi
- WMA: 22.5 mi
- Cannon Hill: 7.6 mi
- Pickell Hill: 22.0 mi
- Streeter Hill: 22.7 mi
- Crows Nest (Historical): 23.0 mi
- Decomissioned Bridge: 15.3 mi
- Caboose: 15.3 mi
- Colin Campbell Fur Post: 22.3 mi
- Dickey County Museum: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Maple River National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickell Hill | E 85° | 450 m | 22.0 mi |
| Cannon Hill | SSE 169° | 444 m | 7.6 mi |
| Crows Nest (Historical) | SSW 212° | 444 m | 23.0 mi |
| Streeter Hill | E 98° | 423 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:07 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:43 | 21:29 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:14 | 16:01 | 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 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 43 | 56 | 66 | 71 | 68 | 60 | 45 | 30 | 17 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fullerton 1 ESE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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