Baxter Park

Baxter 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 Baxter 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 Baxter Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -17.52643, 146.03252. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Baxter Park

• Canecutters Memorial · fort · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~0 km · Must-see
• Moresby Range National Park · sanctuary · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~6 km · Must-see
• Ella Bay National Park · sanctuary · Cairns Regional · ~12 km · Must-see
• Eubenangee Swamp National Park · sanctuary · Cairns Regional · ~18 km · Must-see
• Palmerston Rocks Corridor Nature Refuge · sanctuary · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~20 km · Must-see
• Paronella Park · park · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~20 km · Must-see
• Barnard Island Group National Park · sanctuary · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~31 km · Must-see
• Russell River National Park · sanctuary · Cairns Regional · ~32 km · Must-see
• Japoon National Park · sanctuary · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~32 km · Must-see
• Mount Bartle Frere (South Peak) · viewpoint · Cairns Regional · ~33 km · Must-see
• Kurrimine Beach Conservation Park · beach · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~37 km · Must-see
• Maria Creek Nature Refuge · sanctuary · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~39 km · Must-see
• Centre Peak (Bellenden Ker Range) · viewpoint · Cairns Regional · ~44 km · Must-see
• Clump Point Lookout · sanctuary · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~47 km · Must-see
• Topaz Road National Park · sanctuary · Tablelands Regional · ~47 km · Must-see
• Frankland Group National Park · sanctuary · Cairns Regional · ~47 km · Must-see
• Djiru National Park · sanctuary · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~49 km · Must-see
• Mount Tyson · viewpoint · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~58 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Baxter Park

Other parks near Baxter Park

• Paronella Park · park · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~20 km · Must-see
• Cairns Tropical Zoo · park · Cairns Regional · ~118 km · Must-see
• Cairns Zoom and Wildlife Dome · park · Cairns Regional · ~90 km
• Shambala Animal Kingdom · park · Mareeba Shire · ~106 km
• Tom McDonald Park · park · Cairns Regional · ~119 km
• Loth Park (McGowan Drive Reserve) · park · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~0 km
• Dave Dunbar Park (The Corso) · park · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~0 km
• Jack Fossey Park · park · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~1 km
• Anzac Memorial Park · park · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~1 km
• Fitzgerald Park · park · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~1 km

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