Nature reserve · North Dakota

Upper Souris Wildlife Refuge

Upper Souris Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Upper Souris Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a recorded elevation of 487 m. Church Hill stands 586 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Darling Boat Launch and Picnic area, a park 9.1 miles away. Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Scenic Backway passes 16 miles off. 10 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 487 m

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

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Getting there

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Coordinates48.60021, -101.63965

16.2 mi off the Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Scenic Backway

Around it

10 named places within 25 miles

Parks4

Lake Darling Boat Launch and Picnic area: 9.1 mi
Mouse River Park: 15.1 mi
Bud Ebert Park: 18.2 mi
Old Settler's Park: 23.9 mi

Peaks4

Murphy Hill: 12.0 mi
Deltlot Hill: 12.0 mi
Mike King Hill: 12.2 mi
Church Hill: 13.2 mi

Ghost towns2

Hartland: 16.2 mi
Tagus: 22.1 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Church Hill	WSW 241°	586 m	13.2 mi
Deltlot Hill	WSW 240°	585 m	12.0 mi
Murphy Hill	WSW 239°	575 m	12.0 mi
Mike King Hill	WSW 243°	575 m	12.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:50	19:18	19:59
June solstice	05:45	21:04	21:53
September equinox	07:34	19:05	19:46
December solstice	08:37	15:59	16:54

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	12	15	28	42	55	65	71	70	59	44	29	16
Precip in	0.5	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.5	3.4	2.8	1.8	1.7	1.3	0.7	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Foxholm 7 N, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/1254182364

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