Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 689 m. Boundary Butte stands 765 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Rabb Lake National Wildlife Refuge, a park 4.2 miles away. Turtle Mountain Scenic Byway passes 6.4 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Manitoba Sustainable Development
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Turtle Mountain Scenic Byway
46 named places within 25 miles
- Rabb Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 4.2 mi
- International Peace Garden: 6.5 mi
- Lake Metigoshe State Park: 7.2 mi
- Lake Metigoshe State Park: 7.8 mi
- Willow Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 8.7 mi
- McKellar Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Maple Picnic Area/MWI Picnic Nook: 6.3 mi
- Birch Grove Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Good Neighbour Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Mystical Horizons Sign: 16.4 mi
- Sundial: 16.5 mi
- Century 21 Stonehenge: 16.5 mi
- W'eel Turtle: 17.4 mi
- Tommy Turtle: 18.9 mi
- Turtle Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Boundary Butte: 11.2 mi
- Butte Saint Paul: 13.4 mi
- Turtle Mountain: 13.6 mi
- Wilfreds Hill: 15.6 mi
- Border Marker: 6.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Peace Poles: 6.9 mi
- Grand Opening Marker: 7.0 mi
- San Haven Sanitorium: 16.1 mi
- North American Game Warden Museum: 6.5 mi
- Interpretive Centre and Conservatory: 6.8 mi
- International Peace Garden: 6.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Turtle Mountain Provincial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Butte | WSW 254° | 765 m | 11.2 mi |
| Turtle Mountain | ESE 120° | 735 m | 8.2 mi |
| Butte Saint Paul | S 181° | 695 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:12 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:59 | 21:50 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 18:59 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:33 | 15:50 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Winnipeg).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 5 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 55 | 40 | 24 | 11 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Metigoshe SP, 8 mi away.
- Common Loon5 obs
- Veery5 obs
- cutleaf coneflower5 obs
- Ruffed Grouse4 obs
- common cowparsnip3 obs
- quaking aspen3 obs
- Northern Leopard Frog3 obs
- Red-necked Grebe2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/150410871
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