Crane Park

Crane 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 Crane 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 Crane Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.68274, -92.96241. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Crane Park

• East Side Lake Park · lake · Mower · ~2 km · Must-see
• SPAM Museum · museum · Mower · ~2 km · Must-see
• Jay C Hormel Nature Center · park · Mower · ~3 km · Must-see
• Pickerel Lake Park · lake · Freeborn · ~45 km · Must-see
• Steele County Free Fair · lake · Steele · ~60 km · Must-see
• Wells Fargo · sanctuary · Steele · ~62 km · Must-see
• Minnesota State School Orphanage Museum · museum · Steele · ~63 km · Must-see
• Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo · park · Pepin · ~64 km · Must-see
• Hayden Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Howard · ~68 km · Must-see
• Mayo Building · sanctuary · Olmsted · ~69 km · Must-see
• Log Cabin · museum · Mower · ~3 km
• Sugar Shack · museum · Mower · ~3 km
• Mower County Fairgrounds · sanctuary · Mower · ~4 km
• Cedar Creek Church · church · Dodge · ~31 km
• Geneva Lake Dam · lake · Freeborn · ~33 km
• Deer Creek Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Worth · ~35 km
• Rickert Lake · lake · Steele · ~35 km
• Community Lutheran Church · church · Freeborn · ~36 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Crane Park

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Crane Park

• Wells Fargo · sanctuary · Steele · ~62 km · Must-see
• Hayden Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Howard · ~68 km · Must-see
• Mayo Building · sanctuary · Olmsted · ~69 km · Must-see
• River Bend Nature Center · sanctuary · Rice · ~88 km · Must-see
• McIntosh Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~93 km · Must-see
• Cold Water Spring State Preserve · sanctuary · Winneshiek · ~107 km · Must-see
• O. E. Rolvaag House · sanctuary · Rice · ~110 km · Must-see
• McKnight Prairie · sanctuary · Goodhue · ~114 km · Must-see
• Jolly Green Giant · sanctuary · Faribault · ~114 km · Must-see
• Sibley Park · sanctuary · Blue Earth · ~126 km · Must-see

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