Balloon Park

Balloon 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 Balloon 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 Balloon Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 32.88222, -105.97805. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Balloon Park

• Alameda Park Zoo · sanctuary · Otero · ~3 km · Must-see
• University Park · sanctuary · Otero · ~7 km · Must-see
• Cathey Peak · viewpoint · Otero · ~23 km · Must-see
• White Sands National Monument · attraction · Otero · ~35 km · Must-see
• White Sands National Monument · park · Otero · ~37 km · Must-see
• White Sands National Park · sanctuary · Otero · ~42 km · Must-see
• Weed Lookout Tower · viewpoint · Otero · ~50 km · Must-see
• Ruidoso River Museum · museum · Lincoln · ~72 km · Must-see
• Ruidoso Lookout Tower · viewpoint · Lincoln · ~72 km · Must-see
• Dog Canyon Historical Marker · viewpoint · Otero · ~3 km
• Tularosa Basin Museum of History · museum · Otero · ~3 km
• Alameda Park · park · Otero · ~4 km
• Bridal Falls New Mexico · waterfall · Otero · ~5 km
• Grave of Ham the Astrochimp · fort · Otero · ~9 km
• Astronaut Memorial Garden · sanctuary · Otero · ~9 km
• New Mexico Museum of Space History · museum · Otero · ~9 km
• Steamboat · viewpoint · Otero · ~10 km
• The Roundup Ground · viewpoint · Otero · ~11 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Balloon Park

Other parks near Balloon Park

• White Sands National Monument · park · Otero · ~37 km · Must-see
• Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site · park · El Paso · ~134 km · Must-see
• Alameda Park · park · Otero · ~4 km
• Tularosa Historical Marker · park · Otero · ~27 km
• Cloud Climbing Railroad Historical Marker · park · Otero · ~29 km
• Round Mountain Historical Marker · park · Otero · ~39 km
• Tularosa Valley Historical Marker · park · Doña Ana · ~51 km
• Mescalero Apache Reservation Historical Marker · park · Otero · ~60 km
• Three Rivers Petroglyphs Historical Marker · park · Otero · ~62 km
• Three Rivers Petroglyph Recreational Site · park · Otero · ~64 km

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