Nature reserve · Minnesota

Overby WPA

Overby WPA from directly overhead

Overby WPA is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 393 m. Mount Tom stands 419 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Skarpness Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 3.2 miles away. Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.50536, -95.30672

0.7 mi off the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Skarpness Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
Chippewa Falls Wildlife Management Area, South Unit: 3.3 mi
Chippewa Falls Wildlife Management Area, North Unit: 4.0 mi
Bangor Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
Ordway Prairie: 4.9 mi

Parks35

City Park: 8.5 mi
Brooten Park: 9.0 mi
Glacial Lakes State Park: 10.0 mi
Barsness Park: 10.1 mi
Glenwood Beach park: 10.3 mi

Museums3

Peaks3

Little Mt. Tom: 18.1 mi
Mount Tom: 18.2 mi
Badger Hill: 18.4 mi

Beaches1

Starbuck Public Beach: 12.6 mi

Artworks1

Giant Crow Statue: 15.0 mi

Ghost towns1

New Prairie: 17.7 mi

Rest areas1

Burgen Lake Rest Area: 23.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Tom	SE 133°	419 m	18.2 mi
Little Mt. Tom	SE 133°	408 m	18.1 mi
Badger Hill	SE 134°	405 m	18.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:25	18:55	19:34
June solstice	05:33	20:29	21:14
September equinox	07:09	18:42	19:21
December solstice	07:59	15:52	16:41

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	16	29	44	57	66	70	68	60	47	31	18
Precip in	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.1	3.0	4.3	4.1	3.7	2.9	2.5	1.0	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood 2wnw, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1465705983

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