Roadside picnic

Roadside picnic: 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 park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Roadside picnic

Season: Year-round, evenings.

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 Roadside picnic — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.37784, -103.91438. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Roadside picnic

• Spearfish Peak · waterfall · Lawrence · ~9 km · Must-see
• Terry Peak · viewpoint · Lawrence · ~11 km · Must-see
• D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery · sanctuary · Lawrence · ~15 km · Must-see
• Polo Peak · viewpoint · Lawrence · ~16 km · Must-see
• Adams House Museum · museum · Lawrence · ~19 km · Must-see
• Vore Buffalo Jump · fort · Crook · ~33 km · Must-see
• Black Hills National Forest · sanctuary · Pennington · ~48 km · Must-see
• Inyan Kara Mountain · viewpoint · Crook · ~49 km · Must-see
• Bear Butte · viewpoint · Meade · ~50 km · Must-see
• Warren Peak · viewpoint · Crook · ~54 km · Must-see
• Pactola Reservoir Recreation Area · lake · Pennington · ~57 km · Must-see
• Odakota Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~65 km · Must-see
• Black Hills Institute · museum · Pennington · ~70 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~73 km · Must-see
• Sheridan Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~73 km · Must-see
• Kissing Rocks · viewpoint · Lawrence · ~2 km
• Black Hills & Roughlock Nature Viewpoint · viewpoint · Lawrence · ~4 km
• Spearfish Falls · waterfall · Lawrence · ~4 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Roadside picnic

Other parks near Roadside picnic

• Storybook Island · park · Pennington · ~78 km · Must-see
• Dinosaur Park · park · Pennington · ~79 km · Must-see
• Washington Park · park · Crook · ~45 km
• Center of the Nation Roadside Park · park · Butte · ~83 km
• Evans Plunge · park · Fall River · ~137 km
• Spearfish Canyon Nature Area · park · Lawrence · ~5 km
• Spearfish City Park · park · Lawrence · ~16 km
• Manuel Brothers Park · park · Lawrence · ~16 km
• Buzzard's Roost Park · park · Lawrence · ~16 km
• Indian Springs Park · park · Lawrence · ~16 km

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