Nature reserve · North Dakota

National Waterfoul Production Area

National Waterfoul Production Area from directly overhead

National Waterfoul Production Area is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 601 m. Dogden Butte stands 686 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. 11 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

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What to expect

Operated by: US Fish & Wildlife

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Coordinates47.69521, -100.62023

Around it

11 named places within 25 miles

Peaks4

Dogden Butte: 10.5 mi
Klinks Slope: 16.5 mi
Little Butte: 16.8 mi
Montgomery Hill: 21.2 mi

Parks4

Silbaugh Park: 16.9 mi
Park in Turtle Lake: 17.3 mi
Wintering River National Wildlife Refuge: 17.7 mi
Snake Creek National Wildlife Refuge: 24.3 mi

Nature reserves3

National Waterfoul Production Area: 2.7 mi
Cottonwood Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 12.8 mi
Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge: 18.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Dogden Butte	NW 321°	686 m	10.5 mi
Klinks Slope	S 170°	618 m	16.5 mi
Little Butte	NNW 336°	529 m	16.8 mi
Montgomery Hill	NNE 16°	494 m	21.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:46	19:15	19:55
June solstice	05:45	20:57	21:45
September equinox	07:30	19:02	19:42
December solstice	08:29	16:01	16:54

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	10	14	26	41	54	64	69	68	59	44	28	16

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Butte 5SE, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1025578754

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