Budd Park

Budd 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 Budd 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 Budd Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.95722, -95.74306. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Budd Park

• Camp Release State Monument · sanctuary · Chippewa · ~3 km · Must-see
• Andrew John Volstead House · sanctuary · Yellow Medicine · ~29 km · Must-see
• Lac Qui Parle · lake · Chippewa · ~30 km · Must-see
• Fagen Fighters WWII Museum · museum · Yellow Medicine · ~34 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Machinery Museum · museum · Yellow Medicine · ~39 km · Must-see
• Spellman Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Yellow Medicine · ~41 km · Must-see
• Wood Lake · lake · Yellow Medicine · ~43 km · Must-see
• Tyson Lake · lake · Yellow Medicine · ~52 km · Must-see
• Lady Slipper Lake · lake · Lyon · ~55 km · Must-see
• Hart Lake · lake · Swift · ~56 km · Must-see
• School Grove Lake · lake · Redwood · ~58 km · Must-see
• Frovold Lake · lake · Swift · ~61 km · Must-see
• Lake Hassel · lake · Swift · ~63 km · Must-see
• Artichoke Lake · lake · Big Stone · ~67 km · Must-see
• Salt Lake · lake · Deuel · ~69 km · Must-see
• Salt Lake · lake · Lac qui Parle · ~69 km · Must-see
• Solomon Lake · lake · Kandiyohi · ~70 km · Must-see
• Foot Lake · lake · Kandiyohi · ~71 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Budd Park

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Budd Park

• Camp Release State Monument · sanctuary · Chippewa · ~3 km · Must-see
• Andrew John Volstead House · sanctuary · Yellow Medicine · ~29 km · Must-see
• Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie Preserve · sanctuary · Lincoln · ~114 km · Must-see
• Boyhood Home of Sinclair Lewis · sanctuary · Stearns · ~133 km · Must-see
• Brookings Nature Park Mountain Bike Skills Area · sanctuary · Brookings · ~139 km · Must-see
• Oakwood Lakes State Park · sanctuary · Brookings · ~142 km · Must-see
• Hemker Park & Zoo · sanctuary · Stearns · ~145 km · Must-see
• Sandy Shore State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Codington · ~148 km · Must-see
• Madrena Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Lac qui Parle · ~50 km
• Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Lac qui Parle · ~73 km

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