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Peterson Wildlife Management Area, Southeast Unit

Peterson Wildlife Management Area, Southeast Unit from directly overhead

Peterson Wildlife Management Area, Southeast Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 475 m. Heron Lake Watershed Highest Point stands 546 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Peterson Wildlife Management Area, West Unit, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates43.53222, -95.61866

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pickeral County Park: 2.1 mi
  • Wyatt Park: 3.8 mi
  • Sportsman County Park: 3.9 mi
  • Puppy Park: 4.9 mi
  • Pleasant Park: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 10
Peaks: 4
  • Hawkeye Point: 6.7 mi
  • Jackson County Highest Point: 8.3 mi
  • Ocheyedan Mound: 10.2 mi
  • Heron Lake Watershed Highest Point: 23.2 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Lyon County Freedom Rock: 23.1 mi
  • O'Brien County Freedom Rock: 24.0 mi
  • Bike Monument: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 2.9 mi
  • Ardian Rest Area - I90 EB: 19.5 mi
Museums: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Getting's Garden: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointNW 326°546.3 m23.2 mi
Hawkeye PointSW 222°509 m6.7 mi
Ocheyedan MoundSSE 151°490 m10.2 mi
Jackson County Highest PointE 94°480.3 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5719:35
June solstice05:4220:2421:08
September equinox07:1018:4419:22
December solstice07:5316:0316:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141831445768716961483320
Precip in0.70.81.53.14.15.23.53.93.22.41.30.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worthington 2 NNE, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657805

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