Gateway Park

Gateway 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 Gateway 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 Gateway Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.50745, -93.48188. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Gateway Park

• Pickerel Lake Park · lake · Freeborn · ~18 km · Must-see
• Buddy Holly Crash Site · attraction · Cerro Gordo · ~41 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake · lake · Cerro Gordo · ~53 km · Must-see
• McIntosh Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~54 km · Must-see
• SPAM Museum · museum · Mower · ~56 km · Must-see
• Parkers Woods · park · Cerro Gordo · ~56 km · Must-see
• Charles H. Macnider Art Museum · museum · Cerro Gordo · ~58 km · Must-see
• East Side Lake Park · lake · Mower · ~58 km · Must-see
• KRIB-AM (Mason City) · church · Cerro Gordo · ~59 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Lake · lake · Faribault · ~59 km · Must-see
• Jay C Hormel Nature Center · park · Mower · ~60 km · Must-see
• Jolly Green Giant · sanctuary · Faribault · ~65 km · Must-see
• Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Kossuth · ~74 km · Must-see
• Lura Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~74 km · Must-see
• Bass Lake · lake · Faribault · ~74 km · Must-see
• Brights Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Worth · ~3 km
• Hogsback Wildlife Area-Hogsback WA Annex · sanctuary · Winnebago · ~12 km
• Minnesota Welcomes You · fort · Freeborn · ~13 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Gateway Park

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Gateway Park

• McIntosh Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~54 km · Must-see
• Jolly Green Giant · sanctuary · Faribault · ~65 km · Must-see
• Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Kossuth · ~74 km · Must-see
• Wells Fargo · sanctuary · Steele · ~84 km · Must-see
• Sibley Park · sanctuary · Blue Earth · ~106 km · Must-see
• River Bend Nature Center · sanctuary · Rice · ~110 km · Must-see
• Hayden Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Howard · ~112 km · Must-see
• Mayo Building · sanctuary · Olmsted · ~125 km · Must-see
• O. E. Rolvaag House · sanctuary · Rice · ~136 km · Must-see
• McKnight Prairie · sanctuary · Goodhue · ~145 km · Must-see

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