Nature reserve · Minnesota

Pats Pasture Wildlife Management Area

Pats Pasture Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Pats Pasture Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 420 m. Cottonwood County Highest Point stands 479 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

Operated by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

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Coordinates43.87301, -95.30741

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Pats Pasture Wildlife Management Area: 0.3 mi
Winkler Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
Expandere Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
Cotton-Jack Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
Voit Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi

Parks60

Heron Lake Memorial Field: 5.0 mi
Abby Park: 9.3 mi
Island Park: 9.5 mi
Court house park: 9.5 mi
Kastle Kingdom: 10.0 mi

Peaks10

String Lakes Peak: 6.6 mi
Cottonwood County Highest Point: 11.0 mi
457: 13.1 mi
Red Rock Ridge High Point: 13.1 mi
Holthe Overlook: 14.4 mi

Museums6

Westbrook Heritage House Museum: 13.2 mi
Jeffers Petroglyphs: 19.5 mi
Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site: 19.5 mi
Heritage Village Museum: 19.8 mi
Dinehart-Holt House: 23.6 mi

Rest areas2

Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 19.8 mi
Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 21.5 mi

Waterfalls1

Red Rock Falls: 19.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Cottonwood County Highest Point	NNE 24°	479 m	11.0 mi
String Lakes Peak	E 89°	473 m	6.6 mi
Red Rock Ridge High Point	N 7°	463 m	13.1 mi
Mountain Island	E 81°	397.7 m	21.0 mi
Watonwan County Highest Point	E 94°	396.3 m	22.7 mi
Jeffers Petroglyphs	NE 40°	391 m	19.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:25	18:56	19:34
June solstice	05:40	20:24	21:08
September equinox	07:09	18:43	19:20
December solstice	07:53	16:00	16:47

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	17	21	33	47	59	70	74	71	64	50	35	22
Precip in	0.9	0.8	1.8	3.2	4.5	4.7	3.9	3.7	3.2	2.5	1.5	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Windom, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657725

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