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Mound Prairie Wildlife Management Area, West Unit

Mound Prairie Wildlife Management Area, West Unit from directly overhead

Mound Prairie Wildlife Management Area, West Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Krueger Hill stands 414 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mound Prairie Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates43.78612, -91.43154

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Park: 4.2 mi
  • Wieser Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
  • Valley South Park: 6.1 mi
  • Lancer Environmental Park: 6.2 mi
  • Stoney Point Park: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 25
  • Cushings Peak: 10.0 mi
  • Cliffwood Bluff: 11.1 mi
  • Grandad Bluff: 11.2 mi
  • Miller Bluff: 11.3 mi
  • Hedgehog Bluff: 11.3 mi
Museums: 21
  • Visitors Center: 8.2 mi
  • Dahl Auto Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Riverside Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Children's Museum of La Crosse: 9.2 mi
  • Historic Hixon House Museum: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 13
Artworks: 9
Attractions: 8
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Highway 76 Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Little Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Whispering Hills Spring: 15.8 mi
Beaches: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Riverside International Friendship Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare Community Garden: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Krueger HillNE 56°414 m23.7 mi
Bunker HillE 91°394 m24.9 mi
Johnson PeakNNE 14°377 m24.4 mi
Sugar LoafNNW 330°370 m19.4 mi
Decorah MoundNNE 16°359 m21.1 mi
Bunker HillESE 119°356 m18.4 mi
Decorah PeakNNE 16°354 m20.8 mi
Miller BluffENE 75°343 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4019:18
June solstice05:2420:0820:52
September equinox06:5418:2719:05
December solstice07:3715:4516:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192235496070747264523725
Precip in1.21.21.94.15.15.44.24.33.93.02.01.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LA Crescent DAM 7, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656125

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