Balanced Rock

Balanced Rock: 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 attraction: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Balanced Rock

Season: October to February.

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 Balanced Rock — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.41434, -89.72503. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Balanced Rock

• Spirit Lake · lake · Sauk · ~1 km · Must-see
• Dr. Evermor's Park · park · Sauk · ~8 km · Must-see
• Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area · sanctuary · Sauk · ~9 km · Must-see
• Man Mound · fort · Sauk · ~12 km · Must-see
• Lake Wisconsin · lake · Sauk · ~12 km · Must-see
• Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area · sanctuary · Columbia · ~16 km · Must-see
• International Crane Foundation · sanctuary · Sauk · ~19 km · Must-see
• Aldo Leopold Foundation · sanctuary · Sauk · ~21 km · Must-see
• Chapman Lake · lake · Sauk · ~21 km · Must-see
• Lost Lake State Natural Area · lake · Columbia · ~22 km · Must-see
• Ableman's Gorge State Natural Area · sanctuary · Sauk · ~22 km · Must-see
• Natural Bridge State Park · sanctuary · Sauk · ~23 km · Must-see
• Mirror Lake State Park · lake · Sauk · ~23 km · Must-see
• Goeres Park · park · Columbia · ~24 km · Must-see
• Lake Delton · lake · Sauk · ~26 km · Must-see
• Honey Creek State Natural Area · waterfall · Sauk · ~27 km · Must-see
• Noah's Ark · park · Sauk · ~27 km · Must-see
• Mazo Beach · beach · Dane · ~28 km · Must-see

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Other other attractions near Balanced Rock

• Little Norway · attraction · Dane · ~54 km · Must-see
• Washburn Observatory · attraction · Dane · ~57 km · Must-see
• Forward · attraction · Dane · ~58 km · Must-see
• Hans Christian Heg · attraction · Dane · ~59 km · Must-see
• Annie C. Stewart Memorial Fountain · attraction · Dane · ~59 km · Must-see
• Platte Mound M · attraction · Lafayette · ~114 km · Must-see
• Blackhawk Farms Raceway · attraction · Winnebago · ~143 km · Must-see
• Governor's Mansion · attraction · Dane · ~56 km
• End of the Trail · attraction · Fond du Lac · ~105 km
• Our Lady of Spring Bank Abbey · attraction · Monroe · ~122 km

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