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Voit Wildlife Management Area

Voit Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Voit Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 429 m. Heron Lake Watershed Highest Point stands 546 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cotton-Jack Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates43.84932, -95.40623

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 54
  • Heron Lake Memorial Field: 5.5 mi
  • Brewster City Park: 10.9 mi
  • Community Point Park: 14.0 mi
  • Abby Park: 14.3 mi
  • Island Park: 14.4 mi
Peaks: 11
  • String Lakes Peak: 11.7 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 15.0 mi
  • Red Rock Ridge High Point: 16.1 mi
  • 457: 16.9 mi
  • Holthe Overlook: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 21.9 mi
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Heron Lake Watershed Highest PointW 264°546.3 m23.9 mi
Jackson County Highest PointS 186°480.3 m22.6 mi
Cottonwood County Highest PointNE 39°479 m15.0 mi
OčhéyadaŋNNW 328°475 m24.0 mi
String Lakes PeakE 81°473 m11.7 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointNNE 24°463 m16.1 mi
Jeffers PetroglyphsNE 46°391 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5619:34
June solstice05:4020:2421:08
September equinox07:1018:4319:21
December solstice07:5316:0016:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172133475970747164503522
Precip in0.90.81.83.24.54.73.93.73.22.51.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Windom, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31656212

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