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Wood Lake Wildlife Management Area, Tract 4

Wood Lake Wildlife Management Area, Tract 4 from directly overhead

Wood Lake Wildlife Management Area, Tract 4 is a nature reserve in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 323 m. Cottonwood County Highest Point stands 479 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Wood Lake Wildlife Management Area, Tracts 6 & 9, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

How to reach it

Coordinates44.09433, -94.75613

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Malmrose Park: 9.7 mi
  • Memorial Park: 10.0 mi
  • Southside Park: 10.3 mi
  • Deer Park: 10.3 mi
  • Prairieview Park: 13.5 mi
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 9
Peaks: 6
  • Mountain Island: 13.7 mi
  • Jeffers Petroglyphs: 14.7 mi
  • 395: 15.1 mi
  • Watonwan County Highest Point: 17.6 mi
  • 457: 22.5 mi
Artworks: 6
Attractions: 5
Rest areas: 1
  • Watonwan Rest Area: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 1
Gardens: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Creek Picnic Area: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wood Lake Wildlife Management Area, Tract 4. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cottonwood County Highest PointWSW 257°479 m23.5 mi
Mountain IslandSSW 209°397.7 m13.7 mi
Watonwan County Highest PointSSW 196°396.3 m17.6 mi
Jeffers PetroglyphsW 270°391 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5319:31
June solstice05:3720:2221:07
September equinox07:0718:4019:18
December solstice07:5215:5616:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141931455869727062493421
Precip in1.10.81.83.14.64.94.14.03.42.51.61.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST James Wwtp, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/31655780

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