Elk Park

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

Best time to visit Elk Park

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 Elk Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.26274, -107.18256. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Elk Park

• Darton Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~8 km · Must-see
• Bighorn Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~8 km · Must-see
• Lake Helen · lake · Big Horn · ~9 km · Must-see
• Mather Peaks · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~9 km · Must-see
• Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~13 km · Must-see
• Bomber Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~15 km · Must-see
• High Park Fire Lookout · viewpoint · Washakie · ~16 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~17 km · Must-see
• Powder River Pass information sign · viewpoint · Johnson · ~19 km · Must-see
• Innominate · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~19 km · Must-see
• Mount Woolsey · viewpoint · Big Horn · ~19 km · Must-see
• Black Tooth Mountain · viewpoint · Johnson · ~20 km · Must-see
• Hallelujah · viewpoint · Johnson · ~20 km · Must-see
• Cloud Peak Wilderness · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~21 km · Must-see
• Penrose Peak · viewpoint · Johnson · ~22 km · Must-see
• Bighorn National Forest · sanctuary · Big Horn · ~39 km · Must-see
• Ten Sleep Mercantile · fort · Washakie · ~41 km · Must-see
• Buffalo City Park · park · Johnson · ~49 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Elk Park

Other parks near Elk Park

• Buffalo City Park · park · Johnson · ~49 km · Must-see
• Hot Springs State Park · park · Hot Springs · ~132 km · Must-see
• Prosinski Park · park · Johnson · ~49 km
• Father DeSmet Historical Monument · park · Johnson · ~51 km
• Bozeman Trail Historical Marker · park · Johnson · ~69 km
• Kendrick Park · park · Sheridan · ~78 km
• Burgess Picnic Area · park · Sheridan · ~80 km
• Sanders Park · park · Washakie · ~85 km
• Sheridan County Big Game Winter Range · park · Sheridan · ~85 km
• Sagebrush Park · park · Johnson · ~94 km

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