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Elbow Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Elevation: 488 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles: Broken Bone Hill520 m · 14.6 mi
Nearest byway: Turtle Mountain Scenic Byway24.4 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 21:46local time
Coordinates: 48.5561, -99.8204

Elbow Lake National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Elbow Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a park in North Dakota, at a recorded 488 m. Broken Bone Hill stands 520 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Rice Township National Wildlife Refuge, a park 2.2 miles away. Turtle Mountain Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 27 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

Elevation: 488 m

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Elbow Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Broken Bone Hill	S 170°	520 m	14.6 mi

On the road

24.4 mi off the Turtle Mountain Scenic Byway

Around it

27 named places within 25 miles

Parks19

Rice Township National Wildlife Refuge: 2.2 mi
Juniata National Wildlife Refuge: 6.9 mi
Ox Creek National Wildlife Refuge: 7.5 mi
Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 7.6 mi
Little Gurr Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 9.3 mi

Artworks4

W'eel Turtle: 20.6 mi
Town Mural: 22.9 mi
Town Mural: 23.0 mi
Town Mural: 23.0 mi

Historic sites2

Northern Lights Tower: 16.1 mi
San Haven Sanitorium: 21.7 mi

Peaks1

Broken Bone Hill: 14.6 mi

Museums1

Prairie Village Museum: 16.1 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:43	19:11	19:52
June solstice	05:38	20:56	21:46
September equinox	07:27	18:58	19:39
December solstice	08:30	15:52	16:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	3	6	20	37	51	61	66	64	55	39	23	8
Precip in	0.5	0.5	0.9	1.2	2.8	4.1	3.0	2.3	1.9	1.4	0.7	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rolette 3SE, 5 mi away.

Sources

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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