Warling Lake WPA
Warling Lake WPA is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 401 m. Detroit Mountain stands 495 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Labelle Lake Public Water Access, a park 0.4 miles away. Lake Country Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Lake Country Scenic Byway
- 22.5 mi off the Otter Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hallaway's Hill · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Boyer Lake WPA: 1.1 mi
- Steter/Davis WPA: 1.1 mi
- Seter WPA: 1.7 mi
- Cuba Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
- Lake Park WPA: 2.6 mi
- Labelle Lake Public Water Access: 0.4 mi
- Lake Park: 1.6 mi
- Falcon Park: 4.4 mi
- Callaway City Park: 9.4 mi
- Long Lake Park: 9.5 mi
- Bubbles Mural: 9.4 mi
- Alexa's Elixir: 12.0 mi
- Cans in Flight: 13.5 mi
- Barefoot Frida: 13.9 mi
- Yellow Rabbit: 14.0 mi
- Oak Lake: 7.0 mi
- Dale: 7.4 mi
- Winnipeg Junction: 8.7 mi
- Muskoda: 16.4 mi
- Detroit Mountain: 14.3 mi
- Pelican: 14.9 mi
- Winslow: 18.0 mi
- Frenchmans Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Becker County Museum: 11.4 mi
- Viking Sword Museum: 15.6 mi
- Regional Science Center: 18.6 mi
- Veterans Monument: 11.6 mi
- Detroit Lakes Industrial Park: 12.3 mi
- Height of Land: 21.0 mi
- US-59 Sauers Lake Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- US-10 Frazee Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion: 13.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Warling Lake WPA. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Mountain | ESE 113° | 495 m | 14.3 mi |
| Winslow | SE 136° | 474 m | 18.0 mi |
| Pelican | SSE 165° | 469 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 18:57 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:36 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:08 | 15:47 | 16:39 |
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 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 54 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 43 | 28 | 14 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1467121097
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