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Whitewater Wildlife Management Area, Gengler Unit

Whitewater Wildlife Management Area, Gengler Unit from directly overhead

Whitewater Wildlife Management Area, Gengler Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 352 m. Sugar Loaf stands 370 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitewater Wildlife Management Area, Heaser Unit, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates44.13745, -92.08551

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Eastwood Park: 4.2 mi
  • Southwest Park: 4.4 mi
  • Great River Ridge Trailhead: 4.4 mi
  • Carley State Park: 4.5 mi
  • Wedgewood Park: 4.5 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • James A. Carley & Ernestina Bolt Monument: 4.7 mi
  • Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Caboose: 12.5 mi
  • Beef Slough: 17.0 mi
  • Quarry Hill Ruins: 18.8 mi
  • Matthews Heritage Dome: 20.5 mi
Attractions: 11
Artworks: 11
  • Chainsaw Artist: 11.6 mi
  • Wooden Model Train: 12.6 mi
  • Viking Statue: 12.8 mi
  • Labyrinth: 15.1 mi
  • Teardrop: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Peaks: 9
  • Signal Point: 5.9 mi
  • Eagle Point: 6.0 mi
  • Coyote Point: 6.1 mi
  • Chimney Rock: 6.1 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 3
  • Chester Woods Beach: 15.1 mi
  • JHELL Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Cascade Lake Beach: 21.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar LoafESE 108°370 m24.0 mi
Eagle PointE 84°342 m16.9 mi
Chimney RockSSE 159°318 m6.1 mi
Coyote PointSSE 163°316 m6.1 mi
Inspiration PointSSE 163°316 m6.6 mi
Signal PointSSE 169°310 m5.9 mi
Eagle PointSSE 165°310 m6.0 mi
Owl HeadE 87°207 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4319:21
June solstice05:2620:1220:56
September equinox06:5618:3019:08
December solstice07:4115:4616:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141931455768727061483421
Precip in1.01.12.03.44.45.34.24.73.72.52.01.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Theilman 1ssw, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655984

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