Badlands Draw

Badlands Draw: 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 viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Badlands Draw

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

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 Badlands Draw — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.09025, -93.05687. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Badlands Draw

• Charles H. Macnider Art Museum · museum · Cerro Gordo · ~16 km · Must-see
• KRIB-AM (Mason City) · church · Cerro Gordo · ~17 km · Must-see
• Parkers Woods · park · Cerro Gordo · ~18 km · Must-see
• Wildwood Park · park · Floyd · ~37 km · Must-see
• Buddy Holly Crash Site · attraction · Cerro Gordo · ~38 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake · lake · Cerro Gordo · ~38 km · Must-see
• McIntosh Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~41 km · Must-see
• Little Brown Church in · church · Chickasaw · ~59 km · Must-see
• Illinois Central Combination Depot-Ackley · fort · Hardin · ~74 km · Must-see
• Iowa Northern Railway · fort · Floyd · ~8 km
• Nora Springs Low Head Dam · lake · Floyd · ~9 km
• Fossil & Prairie Park State Preserve · sanctuary · Floyd · ~10 km
• Averydale Access · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~11 km
• Rockford Park · park · Floyd · ~12 km
• East Park Band Shell · fort · Cerro Gordo · ~16 km
• First Church of the Nazarene · church · Cerro Gordo · ~16 km
• Dr. G.C. Stockman House · fort · Cerro Gordo · ~16 km
• Meredith Willson Boyhood Home · fort · Cerro Gordo · ~17 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Badlands Draw

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Badlands Draw

• Pilot Knob · viewpoint · Hancock · ~55 km
• Steamboat Rock · viewpoint · Hardin · ~96 km
• Sartori Park Sledding Hill · viewpoint · Black Hawk · ~98 km
• Lakes Trail Hill · viewpoint · Black Hawk · ~99 km
• Campus Park Hill · viewpoint · Black Hawk · ~99 km
• Steamboat Rock · viewpoint · Howard · ~102 km
• Viking Hill · viewpoint · Black Hawk · ~104 km
• Exchange Berm Hill · viewpoint · Black Hawk · ~108 km
• Chimney Rock · viewpoint · Winneshiek · ~123 km
• Pulpit Rock · viewpoint · Winneshiek · ~130 km

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