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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 425 m. Jackson County Highest Point stands 480 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.86860, -95.30668
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 59
  • Heron Lake Memorial Field: 4.7 mi
  • Abby Park: 9.3 mi
  • Island Park: 9.4 mi
  • Court house park: 9.4 mi
  • Kastle Kingdom: 9.9 mi
Peaks: 11
  • String Lakes Peak: 6.6 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 11.3 mi
  • 457: 13.3 mi
  • Red Rock Ridge High Point: 13.4 mi
  • Holthe Overlook: 14.2 mi
Museums: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 19.6 mi
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 20.2 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jackson County Highest PointSSW 197°480.3 m25.0 mi
Cottonwood County Highest PointNNE 23°479 m11.3 mi
String Lakes PeakE 86°473 m6.6 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointN 7°463 m13.4 mi
Mountain IslandE 80°397.7 m21.0 mi
Watonwan County Highest PointE 93°396.3 m22.6 mi
Jeffers PetroglyphsNE 39°391 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5619:34
June solstice05:4020:2421:08
September equinox07:0918:4319:20
December solstice07:5316:0016:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133475970747164503522
Precip in0.90.81.83.24.54.73.93.73.22.51.51.1

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/842255066

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