North Park

North 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 North 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 North Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.67551, -93.57161. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near North Park

• Pickerel Lake Park · lake · Freeborn · ~19 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Lake · lake · Faribault · ~36 km · Must-see
• Lura Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~53 km · Must-see
• Jolly Green Giant · sanctuary · Faribault · ~53 km · Must-see
• Bass Lake · lake · Faribault · ~55 km · Must-see
• SPAM Museum · museum · Mower · ~60 km · Must-see
• East Side Lake Park · lake · Mower · ~62 km · Must-see
• Jay C Hormel Nature Center · park · Mower · ~64 km · Must-see
• Indian Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~65 km · Must-see
• Steele County Free Fair · lake · Steele · ~65 km · Must-see
• Buddy Holly Crash Site · attraction · Cerro Gordo · ~66 km · Must-see
• Minnesota State School Orphanage Museum · museum · Steele · ~67 km · Must-see
• Wells Fargo · sanctuary · Steele · ~67 km · Must-see
• Toners Lake · lake · Waseca · ~68 km · Must-see
• Knutsen Lake · lake · Waseca · ~69 km · Must-see
• Lake Elysian · lake · Waseca · ~69 km · Must-see
• Remund Lake · lake · Rice · ~70 km · Must-see
• Eagle Lake Sports Facility · lake · Blue Earth · ~74 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of North Park

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near North Park

• Jolly Green Giant · sanctuary · Faribault · ~53 km · Must-see
• Wells Fargo · sanctuary · Steele · ~67 km · Must-see
• McIntosh Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~78 km · Must-see
• Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Kossuth · ~80 km · Must-see
• Sibley Park · sanctuary · Blue Earth · ~82 km · Must-see
• River Bend Nature Center · sanctuary · Rice · ~90 km · Must-see
• O. E. Rolvaag House · sanctuary · Rice · ~116 km · Must-see
• Mayo Building · sanctuary · Olmsted · ~121 km · Must-see
• Hayden Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Howard · ~124 km · Must-see
• McKnight Prairie · sanctuary · Goodhue · ~127 km · Must-see

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