Nature reserve · North Dakota

Salzer WPA

Salzer WPA from directly overhead

Salzer WPA is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 607 m. Schell Buttes stands 592 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake WPA, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. 33 named places lie within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directions Plan a drive around it

Coordinates46.12890, -99.42700

Around it

33 named places within 25 miles

Parks20

Green Lake State Game Management Area: 5.3 mi
Lake Hoskins Recreational Area: 5.6 mi
Doyle Memorial State Recreational Park: 5.9 mi
Ashley Country Club: 7.0 mi
Kislingbury Lake State Game Management Area: 7.1 mi

Nature reserves11

Lake WPA: 1.4 mi
Rothfusz WPA: 2.6 mi
Roth WPA: 2.8 mi
Thurn WPA: 3.6 mi
National Waterfowl Production Area: 6.8 mi

Historic sites1

Old Settlers Monument: 21.0 mi

Peaks1

Schell Buttes: 22.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Schell Buttes	WNW 302°	592 m	22.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:42	19:11	19:50
June solstice	05:47	20:47	21:33
September equinox	07:25	18:58	19:37
December solstice	08:18	16:05	16:55

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	11	15	27	41	54	64	70	68	58	43	29	17
Precip in	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.5	3.2	3.6	3.3	2.6	2.0	1.8	0.5	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashley, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1268405222

More nature reserves in North Dakota

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a drive More nature reserves

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Salzer WPA.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.