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Beaver Lake State Park

Beaver Lake State Park from directly overhead

Beaver Lake State Park is a park in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 599 m. Streeter Moraine stands 693 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Settlers Monument, a historic site 0.3 miles away. 26 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates46.39814, -99.61331

26 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 11
Parks: 9
  • Logan County State Game Management Area: 8.0 mi
  • Doyle Memorial State Recreational Park: 14.7 mi
  • Green Lake State Game Management Area: 15.8 mi
  • Alkaline Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 16.4 mi
  • Lehr State Game Management Area: 17.7 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Schell Buttes: 12.1 mi
  • Streeter Moraine: 16.2 mi
  • Cactus Point: 21.2 mi
  • Buffalo Hill: 23.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Dinosaurs on the Prairie Threshing Machines: 8.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Streeter MoraineENE 64°693 m16.2 mi
Buffalo HillENE 62°652 m23.6 mi
Cactus PointENE 62°642 m21.2 mi
Schell ButtesWSW 238°592 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1119:51
June solstice05:4720:4821:35
September equinox07:2618:5819:38
December solstice08:2016:0416:55

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111527415463696758442917

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wishek, 10 mi away.

  • Hairy False Goldenaster3 obs
  • leadplant3 obs
  • prairie smoke2 obs
  • American Robin1 obs
  • Brown Thrasher1 obs
  • Plains Garter Snake1 obs
  • Common Raccoon1 obs
  • Coyote1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/264994434

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