Nature reserve · North Dakota

Thurn WPA

Thurn WPA from directly overhead

Thurn WPA is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 608 m. Streeter Moraine stands 693 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Rothfusz WPA, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. 28 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.17790, -99.45379

Around it

28 named places within 25 miles

Parks14

Green Lake State Game Management Area: 2.1 mi
Doyle Memorial State Recreational Park: 2.3 mi
Lake Hoskins Recreational Area: 9.0 mi
Lehr State Game Management Area: 9.5 mi
Ashley State Game Management Area: 9.8 mi

Nature reserves11

Rothfusz WPA: 1.2 mi
Roth WPA: 2.3 mi
Lake WPA: 2.6 mi
Salzer WPA: 3.6 mi
Brinkman WPA: 7.0 mi

Peaks2

Schell Buttes: 19.9 mi
Streeter Moraine: 23.3 mi

Historic sites1

Old Settlers Monument: 17.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Streeter Moraine	NNE 17°	693 m	23.3 mi
Schell Buttes	WNW 296°	592 m	19.9 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	21:34
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	63	69	67	58	44	29	17

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wishek, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1268185908

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