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 590 m. Dogden Butte stands 686 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. 10 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

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Operated by: US Fish & Wildlife

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Coordinates47.70309, -100.56402

Around it

10 named places within 25 miles

Peaks4

Dogden Butte: 11.9 mi
Klinks Slope: 16.8 mi
Little Butte: 17.5 mi
Montgomery Hill: 20.1 mi

Nature reserves3

National Waterfoul Production Area: 2.7 mi
Cottonwood Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 13.1 mi
Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge: 21.2 mi

Parks3

Silbaugh Park: 16.3 mi
Wintering River National Wildlife Refuge: 18.4 mi
Park in Turtle Lake: 19.6 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 310°	686 m	11.9 mi
Klinks Slope	S 179°	618 m	16.8 mi
Little Butte	NNW 327°	529 m	17.5 mi
Montgomery Hill	N 9°	494 m	20.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:46	19:14	19:55
June solstice	05:45	20:56	21:45
September equinox	07:30	19:01	19:42
December solstice	08:29	16:00	16:53

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1025578752

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