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Winkler Wildlife Management Area

Winkler Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Winkler Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 422 m. Jackson County Highest Point stands 480 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pats Pasture Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.84373, -95.33363
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Heron Lake Memorial Field: 3.0 mi
  • Island Park: 10.8 mi
  • Abby Park: 10.8 mi
  • Court house park: 10.9 mi
  • Community Point Park: 11.4 mi
Peaks: 11
  • String Lakes Peak: 8.2 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 13.4 mi
  • Holthe Overlook: 14.5 mi
  • Red Rock Ridge High Point: 15.3 mi
  • 457: 15.4 mi
Museums: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 19.0 mi
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 20.9 mi
  • Worthington Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 22.3 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Loon Lake Cemetery: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jackson County Highest PointSSW 195°480.3 m22.9 mi
Cottonwood County Highest PointNNE 25°479 m13.4 mi
String Lakes PeakENE 75°473 m8.2 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointN 11°463 m15.3 mi
Mountain IslandENE 76°397.7 m22.7 mi
Watonwan County Highest PointE 89°396.3 m23.9 mi
Jeffers PetroglyphsNE 39°391 m22.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5619:34
June solstice05:4020:2421:08
September equinox07:0918:4319:21
December solstice07:5316:0016:47

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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655859

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