Sunset Park

Sunset 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 Sunset 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 Sunset Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.44143, -91.06208. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Sunset Park

• Buckner Hollow · viewpoint · Pike · ~14 km · Must-see
• Free Frank McWorter Grave Site · sanctuary · Pike · ~35 km · Must-see
• New Philadelphia National Historic Site · fort · Pike · ~37 km · Must-see
• Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum · museum · Marion · ~49 km · Must-see
• Kamp Mound Site · fort · Calhoun · ~50 km · Must-see
• Rickey Hollow · viewpoint · Marion · ~50 km · Must-see
• Riverview Park · park · Marion · ~51 km · Must-see
• Mound House · fort · Greene · ~52 km · Must-see
• Naples Mound 8 · fort · Pike · ~56 km · Must-see
• Griffin Hollow · viewpoint · Ralls · ~57 km · Must-see
• Cuivre River State Park · park · Lincoln · ~58 km · Must-see
• Saint Peters Brush Creek Catholic Church · church · Ralls · ~63 km · Must-see
• Clarence Cannon Dam · lake · Ralls · ~63 km · Must-see
• Koster Site · fort · Greene · ~64 km · Must-see
• Clinton Hill · viewpoint · Pike · ~2 km
• Louisiana GM&O Depot · fort · Pike · ~2 km
• Buffalo Knob · viewpoint · Pike · ~5 km
• Davis Knob · viewpoint · Pike · ~6 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Sunset Park

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Sunset Park

• Free Frank McWorter Grave Site · sanctuary · Pike · ~35 km · Must-see
• Pere Marquette State Park · sanctuary · Jersey · ~85 km · Must-see
• Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Jersey · ~87 km · Must-see
• August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area · sanctuary · Calhoun · ~106 km · Must-see
• Blanchette Landing Access · sanctuary · Calhoun · ~110 km · Must-see
• Weinberg-King State Park · sanctuary · Schuyler · ~111 km · Must-see
• Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park · sanctuary · Saint Louis · ~121 km · Must-see
• Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Cass · ~121 km · Must-see
• Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Boone · ~126 km · Must-see
• Westminster Historic Gymnasium · sanctuary · Callaway · ~127 km · Must-see

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