Central Park

Central 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 Central 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 Central Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.60631, -94.45349. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Central Park

• Assumption Chapel · church · Stearns · ~21 km · Must-see
• Hemker Park & Zoo · sanctuary · Stearns · ~23 km · Must-see
• Sartell Dam · lake · Stearns · ~24 km · Must-see
• Saint Mary's Cathedral · church · Stearns · ~29 km · Must-see
• Saint Cloud Dam · lake · Stearns · ~31 km · Must-see
• Munsinger Gardens · park · Sherburne · ~31 km · Must-see
• Little Rock Lake · lake · Benton · ~33 km · Must-see
• Big Birch Lake · lake · Todd · ~38 km · Must-see
• Donovan Lake · lake · Benton · ~38 km · Must-see
• Trace Lake · lake · Todd · ~43 km · Must-see
• Lady Lake · lake · Todd · ~45 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake Park · lake · Meeker · ~47 km · Must-see
• Charles A Weyerhaeuser Museum · museum · Morrison · ~49 km · Must-see
• Charles A. Lindbergh State Park · park · Morrison · ~49 km · Must-see
• Sauk Lake Wayside Park · lake · Stearns · ~51 km · Must-see
• Nixon Lake · lake · Wright · ~52 km · Must-see
• Little Falls Dam · waterfall · Morrison · ~52 km · Must-see
• Boyhood Home of Sinclair Lewis · sanctuary · Stearns · ~52 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Central Park

Other parks near Central Park

• Munsinger Gardens · park · Sherburne · ~31 km · Must-see
• Charles A. Lindbergh State Park · park · Morrison · ~49 km · Must-see
• Babcock Memorial Park · park · Sherburne · ~98 km · Must-see
• Mille Lacs Kathio State Park · park · Mille Lacs · ~102 km · Must-see
• Bane Park · park · Crow Wing · ~105 km · Must-see
• Andrews Park · park · Hennepin · ~122 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Landscape Arboretum · park · Carver · ~132 km · Must-see
• Graeser Park · park · Hennepin · ~134 km · Must-see
• Theodore Wirth Park · park · Hennepin · ~140 km · Must-see
• Snake River Fur Post · park · Pine · ~143 km · Must-see

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