Brookside Park

Brookside 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 Brookside 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 Brookside Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.58389, -94.15417. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Brookside Park

• Saint Mary's Cathedral · church · Stearns · ~4 km · Must-see
• Munsinger Gardens · park · Sherburne · ~5 km · Must-see
• Saint Cloud Dam · lake · Stearns · ~5 km · Must-see
• Sartell Dam · lake · Stearns · ~7 km · Must-see
• Donovan Lake · lake · Benton · ~9 km · Must-see
• Little Rock Lake · lake · Benton · ~22 km · Must-see
• Briggs Lake · lake · Sherburne · ~24 km · Must-see
• Assumption Chapel · church · Stearns · ~31 km · Must-see
• Nixon Lake · lake · Wright · ~33 km · Must-see
• St. Mark's Episcopal Chapel · church · Wright · ~38 km · Must-see
• Sugar Lake · lake · Wright · ~38 km · Must-see
• Rice Lake · lake · Mille Lacs · ~49 km · Must-see
• Maple Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Wright · ~49 km · Must-see
• Hemker Park & Zoo · sanctuary · Stearns · ~51 km · Must-see
• French Lake · lake · Wright · ~52 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake Park · lake · Meeker · ~52 km · Must-see
• Fog Lake · lake · Mille Lacs · ~55 km · Must-see
• Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum · museum · Morrison · ~56 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Brookside Park

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Brookside Park

• Hemker Park & Zoo · sanctuary · Stearns · ~51 km · Must-see
• Oliver H. Kelley Farm · sanctuary · Sherburne · ~75 km · Must-see
• Boyhood Home of Sinclair Lewis · sanctuary · Stearns · ~81 km · Must-see
• Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve · sanctuary · Anoka · ~97 km · Must-see
• Crow Wing State Park · sanctuary · Cass · ~99 km · Must-see
• Northland Arboretum · sanctuary · Crow Wing · ~109 km · Must-see
• Minneapolis Sculpture Garden · sanctuary · Hennepin · ~120 km · Must-see
• Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park · sanctuary · Hennepin · ~121 km · Must-see
• Pillsbury A Mill · sanctuary · Hennepin · ~121 km · Must-see
• Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary · sanctuary · Hennepin · ~124 km · Must-see

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