Memorial Park

Memorial 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 Memorial 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 Memorial Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.82136, -102.99741. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Memorial Park

• Chadron · church · Fall River · ~1 km · Must-see
• Pine Ridge National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Dawes · ~30 km · Must-see
• Lake Crawford · sanctuary · Fall River · ~48 km · Must-see
• Crawford Hill · viewpoint · Dawes · ~48 km · Must-see
• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area · lake · Dawes · ~50 km · Must-see
• Fort Robinson · fort · Fall River · ~52 km · Must-see
• Toadstool Geologic Park · sanctuary · Fall River · ~60 km · Must-see
• Hudson-Meng Bison Kill · fort · Fall River · ~62 km · Must-see
• Soldier Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Sioux · ~65 km · Must-see
• Oglala National Grassland · sanctuary · Sioux · ~74 km · Must-see
• Eleanor Barbour Cook Museum of Geology · museum · Fall River · ~0 km
• Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center · museum · Fall River · ~1 km
• Finnegan Park · park · Dawes · ~1 km
• Wilson Park · park · Dawes · ~1 km
• Dawes County Historical Museum · museum · Fall River · ~4 km
• Museum of the Fur Trade · museum · Fall River · ~7 km
• Rattlesnake Butte · viewpoint · Dawes · ~12 km
• Isinglass Buttes · viewpoint · Dawes · ~14 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Memorial Park

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Memorial Park

• Pine Ridge National Recreation Area · sanctuary · Dawes · ~30 km · Must-see
• Lake Crawford · sanctuary · Fall River · ~48 km · Must-see
• Toadstool Geologic Park · sanctuary · Fall River · ~60 km · Must-see
• Soldier Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Sioux · ~65 km · Must-see
• Oglala National Grassland · sanctuary · Sioux · ~74 km · Must-see
• Agate Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Sioux · ~95 km · Must-see
• Buffalo Gap National Grassland · sanctuary · Oglala Lakota · ~96 km · Must-see
• Nebraska National Forest · sanctuary · Cherry · ~133 km · Must-see
• Custer State Park · sanctuary · Custer · ~136 km · Must-see
• Badlands National Park · sanctuary · Pennington · ~137 km · Must-see

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