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Wintering River National Wildlife Refuge

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Elevation: 493 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles: Dogden Butte686 m · 8.1 mi
Sunset, June solstice: 21:47local time
Coordinates: 47.9306, -100.7682

Wintering River National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Wintering River National Wildlife Refuge is a park in North Dakota, at a recorded 493 m. Dogden Butte stands 686 m to the south, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Butte, a peak 1.0 miles away. 14 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

The record

Elevation: 493 m

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Dogden Butte	S 178°	686 m	8.1 mi
Little Butte	S 183°	529 m	1.0 mi
Black Butte	NW 315°	522 m	16.6 mi
Bald Butte	NE 53°	521 m	24.2 mi
Bison	ENE 68°	512 m	24.8 mi
Skinner Hill	NW 307°	511 m	18.0 mi
Montgomery Hill	ENE 72°	494 m	13.4 mi
Mikes Peak	N 356°	490 m	19.7 mi

Around it

14 named places within 25 miles

Peaks8

Little Butte: 1.0 mi
Dogden Butte: 8.1 mi
Montgomery Hill: 13.4 mi
Black Butte: 16.6 mi
Skinner Hill: 18.0 mi

Nature reserves4

Cottonwood Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 5.7 mi
National Waterfoul Production Area: 17.7 mi
National Waterfoul Production Area: 18.4 mi
Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge: 24.2 mi

Ghost towns1

Verendrye: 13.2 mi

Historic sites1

David Thompson Historical Monument: 13.3 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:47	19:15	19:56
June solstice	05:45	20:58	21:47
September equinox	07:30	19:02	19:43
December solstice	08:31	16:00	16:53

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	8	13	25	40	53	62	67	65	56	42	27	14
Precip in	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.1	2.7	3.6	2.7	2.2	1.6	1.5	1.3	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Velva, 12 mi away.

Sources

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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