Downing Park

Downing 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 Downing 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 Downing Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.46143, -90.65346. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Downing Park

• Little Swan Lake · lake · Des Moines · ~31 km · Must-see
• Weinberg-King State Park · sanctuary · Schuyler · ~41 km · Must-see
• Historic Carthage Jail · museum · Hancock · ~52 km · Must-see
• Dickson Mounds · fort · Fulton · ~59 km · Must-see
• Ogden-Fettie Site · fort · Fulton · ~59 km · Must-see
• Anderson Lake State Conservation Area · lake · Fulton · ~61 km · Must-see
• Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Cass · ~61 km · Must-see
• Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery · church · Adams · ~62 km · Must-see
• Lake Bracken · lake · Des Moines · ~64 km · Must-see
• Crapo Park · park · Des Moines · ~64 km · Must-see
• Dankwardt Memorial Park · park · Des Moines · ~65 km · Must-see
• Rockwell Mound · fort · Mason · ~66 km · Must-see
• Saint Pauls Roman Catholic Church · church · Des Moines · ~68 km · Must-see
• Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Mason · ~70 km · Must-see
• Canton Lake · lake · Fulton · ~72 km · Must-see
• Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak · sanctuary · Mason · ~73 km · Must-see
• Chandler Arch · fort · McDonough · ~2 km
• Civil War Monument · fort · McDonough · ~2 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Downing Park

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Downing Park

• Weinberg-King State Park · sanctuary · Schuyler · ~41 km · Must-see
• Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Cass · ~61 km · Must-see
• Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Mason · ~70 km · Must-see
• Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak · sanctuary · Mason · ~73 km · Must-see
• Nauvoo State Park · sanctuary · Hancock · ~78 km · Must-see
• Sand Ridge State Forest · sanctuary · Mason · ~82 km · Must-see
• Big River State Forest · sanctuary · Henderson · ~84 km · Must-see
• Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Cass · ~87 km · Must-see
• Iliniwek Village State Historic Site · sanctuary · Clark · ~95 km · Must-see
• Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Mason · ~96 km · Must-see

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