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Rooney Run Wildlife Management Area

Rooney Run Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Rooney Run Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 371 m. Martin County Highest Point stands 430 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Seymour Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.70030, -94.68312
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sherburn City Park: 3.8 mi
  • Welcome Park: 4.0 mi
  • Coralinn Park: 4.0 mi
  • Cedar Hansen Park: 7.1 mi
  • Alpha Park: 10.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Welcome To Sherburn: 3.6 mi
  • SGT Corey Sathoff: 13.7 mi
  • Old Carol's Grocery Building: 15.1 mi
  • Sarge's Sinclair Auto Station and Flower Shop: 15.5 mi
  • Estherville Meteorite Memorial: 19.3 mi
Museums: 7
Peaks: 4
  • Watonwan County Highest Point: 13.3 mi
  • Martin County Highest Point: 15.8 mi
  • Mountain Island: 18.4 mi
  • Holthe Overlook: 19.8 mi
Beaches: 4
Artworks: 3
  • Truman Heritage Walk: 15.1 mi
  • Truman Heritage Walk: 15.1 mi
  • Truman Heritage Walk: 15.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 17.4 mi
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 20.5 mi
  • Watonwan Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Estherville Rock Garden: 22.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Martin County Highest PointSSW 213°429.8 m15.8 mi
Mountain IslandNW 326°397.7 m18.4 mi
Watonwan County Highest PointNW 320°396.3 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5319:31
June solstice05:3820:2121:05
September equinox07:0718:4019:18
December solstice07:5015:5816:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151931455869726962483321
Precip in0.60.81.43.14.84.84.12.83.12.91.40.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sherburn 3wsw, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1111179043

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