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Upper Camp Lake Wildlife Management Area

Upper Camp Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Upper Camp Lake Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 497 m. Height of Land Lookout stands 611 m to the north-northeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Bass Lake Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 13 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates47.17951, -95.52743

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 15
  • City Park: 2.6 mi
  • Little Elbow Lake Park: 3.7 mi
  • South Twin Lake Park: 6.4 mi
  • Bad Medicine Lake Public Water Access Site: 7.5 mi
  • Roy Lake Park: 10.2 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Height of Land Lookout: 3.8 mi
  • Strawberry Mountain: 4.3 mi
  • Toad Mountain: 21.4 mi
Museums: 2
  • Lakeside Museum: 15.8 mi
  • Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers: 15.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Council Ring: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Smoky Hills Wayside: 20.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Bubbles Mural: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Height of Land LookoutNNE 17°611 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5419:35
June solstice05:2720:3521:22
September equinox07:1018:4119:22
December solstice08:0715:4316:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F61124395262676556422714
Precip in0.80.71.22.03.24.63.53.23.12.91.31.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Itasca Univ OF Minn, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656286

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