Templer Park

Templer 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 Templer 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 Templer Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.45718, -95.11666. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Templer Park

• Marble Beach State Recreation Area · beach · Dickinson · ~2 km · Must-see
• Spirit Lake · lake · Dickinson · ~3 km · Must-see
• East Okoboji Lake · lake · Dickinson · ~7 km · Must-see
• West Okoboji Lake · lake · Dickinson · ~10 km · Must-see
• Higgins Museum · museum · Dickinson · ~11 km · Must-see
• Emerson Bay State Recreation Area · park · Dickinson · ~15 km · Must-see
• Cayler Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Dickinson · ~15 km · Must-see
• Plum Lake · lake · Osceola · ~31 km · Must-see
• Iowa Lake · lake · Osceola · ~35 km · Must-see
• Indian Lake · lake · Nobles · ~40 km · Must-see
• Indian Lake · lake · Osceola · ~40 km · Must-see
• Lake Independence · lake · Jackson · ~43 km · Must-see
• Lost Island Lake · lake · Palo Alto · ~45 km · Must-see
• North Heron Lake · lake · Jackson · ~46 km · Must-see
• Ocheda Lake · lake · Osceola · ~52 km · Must-see
• Fox Lake · lake · Martin · ~52 km · Must-see
• Timber Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Jackson · ~52 km · Must-see
• Ocheda Lake · lake · Nobles · ~53 km · Must-see

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Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Templer Park

• Cayler Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Dickinson · ~15 km · Must-see
• Lone Tree Wildlife Management Area, South Unit · sanctuary · Nobles · ~69 km · Must-see
• Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Kossuth · ~102 km · Must-see
• Jolly Green Giant · sanctuary · Faribault · ~106 km · Must-see
• Beaver Creek Nature Area · sanctuary · Lyon · ~144 km · Must-see
• Palisades State Park · sanctuary · Minnehaha · ~145 km · Must-see
• Sibley Park · sanctuary · Blue Earth · ~146 km · Must-see
• Gitchie Manitou State Preserve · sanctuary · Lincoln · ~149 km · Must-see
• Cory Marsh Waterfowl Production Area · sanctuary · Dickinson · ~16 km
• Freda Haffner Kettlehole State Preserve · sanctuary · Dickinson · ~19 km

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