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Scheuring Wildlife Management Area, North Unit

Scheuring Wildlife Management Area, North Unit from directly overhead

Scheuring Wildlife Management Area, North Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 512 m. Murray County Highest Point stands 588 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Scheuring Wildlife Management Area, South Unit, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Highway 75- King of Trails Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates43.85007, -95.80484

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ebbers Park: 9.4 mi
  • Bi-Centennial Park: 9.5 mi
  • Rupp Park: 9.7 mi
  • Gullord Park: 9.9 mi
  • Mays Park: 10.1 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Heron Lake Watershed Highest Point: 4.7 mi
  • Nobles County Highest Point: 5.3 mi
  • Murray County Highest Point: 13.5 mi
  • Poverty Hill: 16.7 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 19.3 mi
Museums: 6
Historic sites: 6
  • Hardwick Veterans Memorial: 20.3 mi
  • WWII: 24.1 mi
  • WWII Memorial: 24.1 mi
  • Luverne Bell: 24.2 mi
  • Flags: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Ardian Rest Area - I90 EB: 17.2 mi
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Murray County Highest PointNW 311°587.8 m13.5 mi
Nobles County Highest PointW 269°552.4 m5.3 mi
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointSW 234°546.3 m4.7 mi
Eagle RockWSW 241°527 m22.3 mi
Poverty HillN 2°526 m16.7 mi
Touch the Sky Prairie High PointWSW 252°518 m24.3 mi
OčhéyadaŋNNE 19°475 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5819:36
June solstice05:4220:2621:10
September equinox07:1118:4519:22
December solstice07:5516:0216:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131729435667716860463118
Precip in0.60.91.62.94.05.03.63.43.22.31.70.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Wilson, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31657144

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