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Talcot Lake Wildlife Management Area

Talcot Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Talcot Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 429 m. Nobles County Highest Point stands 552 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Voit Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 3.4 miles away. 12 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
Coordinates43.88679, -95.44908
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 53
  • Heron Lake Memorial Field: 8.8 mi
  • Brewster City Park: 13.1 mi
  • Rupp Park: 16.3 mi
  • Abby Park: 16.3 mi
  • Ebbers Park: 16.4 mi
Peaks: 12
  • String Lakes Peak: 13.7 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 14.7 mi
  • Red Rock Ridge High Point: 14.9 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 15.6 mi
  • 457: 16.4 mi
Museums: 6
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobles County Highest PointW 264°552.4 m23.2 mi
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointWSW 256°546.3 m22.2 mi
Poverty HillNW 310°526 m22.2 mi
Cottonwood County Highest PointNE 52°479 m14.7 mi
OčhéyadaŋNNW 329°475 m20.7 mi
String Lakes PeakE 93°473 m13.7 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointNE 36°463 m14.9 mi
Jeffers PetroglyphsNE 54°391 m24.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5619:34
June solstice05:4020:2421:09
September equinox07:1018:4319:21
December solstice07:5416:0016:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133475970747164503522
Precip in0.90.81.83.24.54.73.93.73.22.51.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Windom, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656584

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