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Turtle River State Park

Turtle River State Park from directly overhead

Turtle River State Park is a park in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 289 m. The nearest named place is Warrior of the North, a artwork 5.6 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.94071, -97.49719

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

City Park: 6.2 mi
Gilby City Park: 10.0 mi
Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge: 10.4 mi
Prairie Chicken State Game Management Area: 16.1 mi
Little Goose National Wildlife Refuge: 16.4 mi

Museums6

Larimore City Museum: 6.4 mi
ND Art Museum: 19.7 mi
Leonard Hall Geology Museum: 19.9 mi
Grand Forks County Historical Society: 22.0 mi
Heritage Village: 22.2 mi

Artworks3

Warrior of the North: 5.6 mi
Eternal Flame: 19.7 mi
Sitting Bull: 19.8 mi

Historic sites3

AFL CIO Commemorative Plaque: 20.5 mi
Flood Memorial: 21.7 mi
Zavoral Monument: 23.5 mi

Picnic sites1

Elks Park: 21.2 mi

Attractions1

Airplane: 21.4 mi

Nature reserves1

Waterfowl Production Area: 23.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:34	19:02	19:43
June solstice	05:31	20:45	21:34
September equinox	07:17	18:49	19:30
December solstice	08:18	15:47	16:40

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	6	11	24	40	54	64	69	67	58	43	27	14

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Larimore 4SW, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

Northern Leopard Frog17 obs
Pine Siskin16 obs
Canada Violet10 obs
red columbine9 obs
common cowparsnip9 obs
Monarch8 obs
common motherwort8 obs
Wild Licorice8 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikipedia Wikidata Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/200334165

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