Panicum Prairie

Panicum Prairie: 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 Panicum Prairie

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 Panicum Prairie — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.49242, -93.28363. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Panicum Prairie

• Pickerel Lake Park · lake · Freeborn · ~21 km · Must-see
• Buddy Holly Crash Site · attraction · Cerro Gordo · ~39 km · Must-see
• SPAM Museum · museum · Mower · ~40 km · Must-see
• East Side Lake Park · lake · Mower · ~42 km · Must-see
• Jay C Hormel Nature Center · park · Mower · ~44 km · Must-see
• Parkers Woods · park · Cerro Gordo · ~48 km · Must-see
• Charles H. Macnider Art Museum · museum · Cerro Gordo · ~48 km · Must-see
• KRIB-AM (Mason City) · church · Cerro Gordo · ~50 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake · lake · Cerro Gordo · ~53 km · Must-see
• McIntosh Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~54 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Lake · lake · Faribault · ~75 km · Must-see
• Grass Lake · lake · Freeborn · ~5 km
• The Art Farm · museum · Worth · ~7 km
• Minnesota Welcomes You · fort · Freeborn · ~7 km
• Worth County Historical Museum · museum · Worth · ~9 km
• Swensrud School Museum · museum · Worth · ~9 km
• Silver Lake Wildlife Area · lake · Worth · ~12 km
• Brights Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Worth · ~18 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Panicum Prairie

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Panicum Prairie

• McIntosh Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~54 km · Must-see
• Wells Fargo · sanctuary · Steele · ~83 km · Must-see
• Jolly Green Giant · sanctuary · Faribault · ~85 km · Must-see
• Hayden Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Howard · ~91 km · Must-see
• Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Kossuth · ~92 km · Must-see
• River Bend Nature Center · sanctuary · Rice · ~109 km · Must-see
• Mayo Building · sanctuary · Olmsted · ~110 km · Must-see
• Sibley Park · sanctuary · Blue Earth · ~119 km · Must-see
• Cold Water Spring State Preserve · sanctuary · Winneshiek · ~134 km · Must-see
• O. E. Rolvaag House · sanctuary · Rice · ~135 km · Must-see

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