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Toso WPA

Toso WPA from directly overhead

Toso WPA is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 385 m. Eddy stands 506 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Klovstad WPA, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Otter Trail Scenic Byway passes 7.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service

How to reach it

Coordinates46.60539, -96.23675

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • E. L. Peterson Park: 7.7 mi
  • Sherin Park and Campground: 7.8 mi
  • Sherin Park: 8.1 mi
  • Lions Park: 8.5 mi
  • Del Acres Park: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 11
  • Pelican Pete: 7.7 mi
  • Prairie Chicken Statue: 8.8 mi
  • Butterfly Sculpture: 22.6 mi
  • A Point in Time: 22.9 mi
  • Alexa's Elixir: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 4
  • Regional Science Center: 20.8 mi
  • Otter Tail County Historical Society: 23.2 mi
  • Becker County Museum: 23.5 mi
  • Otter Cove Children's Museum: 23.6 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Pelican: 13.4 mi
  • Eddy: 15.2 mi
  • Winslow: 21.9 mi
Historic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion: 9.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
EddySE 124°506 m15.2 mi
WinslowENE 71°474 m21.9 mi
PelicanENE 64°469 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2918:5819:38
June solstice05:3220:3621:23
September equinox07:1218:4519:25
December solstice08:0715:4916:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F91327425666706860452916
Precip in0.80.61.12.13.33.93.42.72.82.30.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rothsay, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1382098078

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