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Owens Wildlife Management Area

Owens Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Owens Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 401 m. Pike Mountain stands 594 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cook City Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates47.84495, -92.69033

53 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
  • Cook City Park: 0.5 mi
  • Doug Johnson Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
  • Veterans Park: 0.6 mi
  • Linden Grove Baseball Field: 8.2 mi
  • Big Aspen Trail System: 12.2 mi
Peaks: 7
Historic sites: 5
  • Superior National Forest Laurentian Divide: 19.7 mi
  • Laurentian Divide: 19.7 mi
  • Breitung Monument: 21.0 mi
  • Iron Range Veterans Memorial: 23.2 mi
  • Bebsy Pepelnjack Memorial: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Soudan Mine Historical Marker: 20.8 mi
  • Pavement Outcrop Of Polyphase-folded Banded Iron Formation: 21.1 mi
  • Baldwin 1910 steam locomotive 806: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Laurentian Divide Rest Area: 19.7 mi
  • Wayside Rest & Embarrass Visitors Center: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Mesabi Trail Arch: 22.6 mi
  • Remembering Marty Mural: 23.3 mi
Museums: 1
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pike MountainSSE 149°594 m22.6 mi
Missabe Mountain Mine (historical)SSE 161°485 m23.2 mi
Stellar Peak (Matson Bay Overlook)E 92°484 m22.3 mi
Rouchleau Mine (historical)SSE 161°476 m24.3 mi
Minnewas Mine (historical)SSE 161°476 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4319:23
June solstice05:1320:2521:14
September equinox06:5818:3019:11
December solstice07:5815:2816:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F51023375262666555422713
Precip in1.10.71.11.82.74.04.53.53.32.51.61.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cook 8NE, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657663

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