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Whipple WPA

Whipple WPA from directly overhead

Whipple WPA is a nature reserve in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 595 m. Haystack Butte stands 668 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Karl T Frederick State Game Management Area, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. 27 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service

How to reach it

Coordinates47.33369, -100.01202

27 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 5
  • Upland State Game Refuge: 15.7 mi
  • Arena State Game Management Area: 17.0 mi
  • Frettim Township State Management Area: 20.1 mi
  • Silbaugh Park: 22.7 mi
  • Lake Williams State Game Management Area: 23.6 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Wagon Wheel Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Haystack Butte: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Haystack ButteSW 234°668 m18.8 mi
Wagon Wheel HillE 94°664 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1219:53
June solstice05:4420:5321:41
September equinox07:2818:5919:40
December solstice08:2516:0016:53

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F81124395262686657422714

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tuttle 12nne, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1420809768

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