Ballard Park

Ballard Park: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Ballard Park

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Ballard Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 31.20690, -81.50677. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Ballard Park

• Marshes of Glynn · sanctuary · Glynn · ~11 km · Must-see
• Gascoigne Bluff · viewpoint · Glynn · ~13 km · Must-see
• Fort Frederica National Monument · fort · Glynn · ~14 km · Must-see
• Fort Frederica · fort · Glynn · ~14 km · Must-see
• St. Simons Island Light · beach · Glynn · ~17 km · Must-see
• The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort · attraction · Glynn · ~18 km · Must-see
• The Horton House · fort · Glynn · ~18 km · Must-see
• Butler Island Plantation · sanctuary · McIntosh · ~22 km · Must-see
• Jekyll Island · beach · Glynn · ~22 km · Must-see
• Faith Chapel · church · Glynn · ~23 km · Must-see
• Jekyll Island Museum · museum · Glynn · ~23 km · Must-see
• Fort King George Historic Site · fort · McIntosh · ~24 km · Must-see
• Little Cumberland Lighthouse (abandoned) · fort · Camden · ~34 km · Must-see
• Sapelo Island Light · beach · McIntosh · ~37 km · Must-see
• Fort Barrington · fort · McIntosh · ~40 km · Must-see
• Cumberland Island · beach · Camden · ~52 km · Must-see
• Old Hell Lake · lake · Wayne · ~53 km · Must-see
• Fort Clinch · fort · Camden · ~70 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Ballard Park

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Ballard Park

• Marshes of Glynn · sanctuary · Glynn · ~11 km · Must-see
• Butler Island Plantation · sanctuary · McIntosh · ~22 km · Must-see
• Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary · sanctuary · South Carolina · ~79 km · Must-see
• Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve · sanctuary · Duval · ~102 km · Must-see
• Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park · sanctuary · Duval · ~103 km · Must-see
• Kingsley Plantation · sanctuary · Duval · ~107 km · Must-see
• Machaba Balu Preserve · sanctuary · Duval · ~109 km · Must-see
• Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens · sanctuary · Duval · ~113 km · Must-see
• Grand Prairie · sanctuary · Ware · ~113 km · Must-see
• Okefenokee Wilderness · sanctuary · Charlton · ~114 km · Must-see

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