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Phelan Wildlife Management Area

Phelan Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Phelan Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 454 m. Murray County Highest Point stands 588 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sweetman Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. 10 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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Coordinates44.01156, -95.61036
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 27
  • Currie Ball Park: 4.7 mi
  • End-O-Line Railroad Park: 5.1 mi
  • Rupp Park: 7.1 mi
  • Mays Park: 7.1 mi
  • Ebbers Park: 7.3 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Scenic Overlook: 5.2 mi
  • Očhéyadaŋ: 9.5 mi
  • Poverty Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Red Rock Ridge High Point: 17.0 mi
  • Nobles County Highest Point: 18.7 mi
Museums: 4
Historic sites: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Murray County Highest PointW 263°587.8 m20.0 mi
Nobles County Highest PointSW 233°552.4 m18.7 mi
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointSW 224°546.3 m19.4 mi
Poverty HillWNW 301°526 m10.6 mi
Cottonwood County Highest PointE 88°479 m19.5 mi
OčhéyadaŋNNW 344°475 m9.5 mi
String Lakes PeakESE 113°473 m23.6 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointENE 78°463 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5719:35
June solstice05:4020:2521:10
September equinox07:1018:4419:22
December solstice07:5516:0016:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141830445868726962483320
Precip in0.60.71.42.94.04.53.53.43.82.31.30.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tracy, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657787

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