Taylor Island

Taylor Island: 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 Taylor Island

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 Taylor Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.61518, -91.21207. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Taylor Island

• Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum · museum · Marion · ~21 km · Must-see
• Free Frank McWorter Grave Site · sanctuary · Pike · ~21 km · Must-see
• Riverview Park · park · Marion · ~23 km · Must-see
• Rickey Hollow · viewpoint · Marion · ~23 km · Must-see
• New Philadelphia National Historic Site · fort · Pike · ~29 km · Must-see
• Buckner Hollow · viewpoint · Pike · ~34 km · Must-see
• Griffin Hollow · viewpoint · Ralls · ~40 km · Must-see
• Saint Peters Brush Creek Catholic Church · church · Ralls · ~42 km · Must-see
• Clarence Cannon Dam · lake · Ralls · ~48 km · Must-see
• Naples Mound 8 · fort · Pike · ~61 km · Must-see
• Mound House · fort · Greene · ~69 km · Must-see
• Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery · church · Adams · ~72 km · Must-see
• Kamp Mound Site · fort · Calhoun · ~75 km · Must-see
• Jim Young Island · sanctuary · Pike · ~1 km
• Browns Island · sanctuary · Pike · ~4 km
• Victor's Point Roadside Park · viewpoint · Pike · ~4 km
• Gilbert Island · sanctuary · Pike · ~4 km
• Dam No. 22 · lake · Ralls · ~5 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Taylor Island

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Taylor Island

• Free Frank McWorter Grave Site · sanctuary · Pike · ~21 km · Must-see
• Weinberg-King State Park · sanctuary · Schuyler · ~92 km · Must-see
• Pere Marquette State Park · sanctuary · Jersey · ~114 km · Must-see
• Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Jersey · ~115 km · Must-see
• Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Cass · ~117 km · Must-see
• Iliniwek Village State Historic Site · sanctuary · Clark · ~119 km · Must-see
• Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Boone · ~122 km · Must-see
• Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Cass · ~129 km · Must-see
• Nauvoo State Park · sanctuary · Hancock · ~130 km · Must-see
• Westminster Historic Gymnasium · sanctuary · Callaway · ~133 km · Must-see

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