Excel Gardens

Excel Gardens: 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 Excel Gardens

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 Excel Gardens — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.59965, -93.29538. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Excel Gardens

• Chub Lake · lake · Dakota · ~9 km · Must-see
• Lake Marion · lake · Dakota · ~9 km · Must-see
• Orchard Lake Park · lake · Dakota · ~13 km · Must-see
• Episcopal Church of The Advent · church · Dakota · ~16 km · Must-see
• Cleary Lake Park · lake · Scott · ~16 km · Must-see
• Crystal Lake · lake · Dakota · ~17 km · Must-see
• Hanrahan Lake · lake · Scott · ~18 km · Must-see
• Fish Lake Park · lake · Scott · ~19 km · Must-see
• Earley Lake · lake · Dakota · ~19 km · Must-see
• Union Lake · lake · Rice · ~20 km · Must-see
• Alimagnet Lake · lake · Dakota · ~21 km · Must-see
• Hatch Lake · lake · Rice · ~22 km · Must-see
• Spring Lake · lake · Scott · ~22 km · Must-see
• O. E. Rolvaag House · sanctuary · Rice · ~23 km · Must-see
• Cedar Lake Farm Regional Park · lake · Scott · ~23 km · Must-see
• Skinner Memorial Chapel · church · Rice · ~24 km · Must-see
• Circle Lake County Park · lake · Rice · ~25 km · Must-see
• Farquar Lake Park · lake · Dakota · ~25 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Excel Gardens

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Excel Gardens

• O. E. Rolvaag House · sanctuary · Rice · ~23 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Zoo · sanctuary · Dakota · ~25 km · Must-see
• McKnight Prairie · sanctuary · Goodhue · ~30 km · Must-see
• Power Tower · sanctuary · Scott · ~32 km · Must-see
• South Oaks Park · sanctuary · Dakota · ~32 km · Must-see
• River Bend Nature Center · sanctuary · Rice · ~45 km · Must-see
• Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary · sanctuary · Hennepin · ~46 km · Must-see
• Frank B. Kellogg House · sanctuary · Ramsey · ~50 km · Must-see
• F. Scott Fitzgerald House · sanctuary · Ramsey · ~50 km · Must-see
• Minneapolis Sculpture Garden · sanctuary · Hennepin · ~52 km · Must-see

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