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Wolf Lake Wildlife Management Area, Cottonwood County Unit

Wolf Lake Wildlife Management Area, Cottonwood County Unit from directly overhead

Wolf Lake Wildlife Management Area, Cottonwood County Unit is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 414 m. Cottonwood County Highest Point stands 479 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Lake WPA, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates43.85702, -95.09703

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 34
  • Kastle Kingdom: 1.0 mi
  • Island Park: 1.1 mi
  • Court house park: 1.2 mi
  • Tegels Park: 1.3 mi
  • Abby Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks: 9
  • String Lakes Peak: 4.0 mi
  • Holthe Overlook: 7.5 mi
  • Mountain Island: 11.2 mi
  • Watonwan County Highest Point: 12.2 mi
  • Cottonwood County Highest Point: 12.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area (I-90 East Bound): 15.3 mi
  • Des Moines River Rest Area (I-90 West Bound): 15.4 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Welcome To Sherburn: 22.6 mi
  • Loon Lake Cemetery: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 18.3 mi
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cottonwood County Highest PointNNW 332°479 m12.7 mi
String Lakes PeakWNW 288°473 m4.0 mi
Red Rock Ridge High PointNNW 328°463 m16.7 mi
Mountain IslandENE 67°397.7 m11.2 mi
Watonwan County Highest PointE 93°396.3 m12.2 mi
Jeffers PetroglyphsN 8°391 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5519:33
June solstice05:3920:2321:07
September equinox07:0818:4219:20
December solstice07:5215:5916:46

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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655835

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