Forest Park

Forest 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 Forest 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 Forest Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.31948, -93.28908. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Forest Park

• Roberds Lake · lake · Rice · ~6 km · Must-see
• River Bend Nature Center · sanctuary · Rice · ~6 km · Must-see
• Wells Lake · lake · Rice · ~7 km · Must-see
• Crystal Lake · lake · Rice · ~8 km · Must-see
• Cannon Lake · lake · Rice · ~10 km · Must-see
• Mazaska Lake · lake · Rice · ~13 km · Must-see
• Circle Lake County Park · lake · Rice · ~16 km · Must-see
• Shields Lake · lake · Rice · ~17 km · Must-see
• Rice Lake · lake · Le Sueur · ~19 km · Must-see
• Union Lake · lake · Rice · ~19 km · Must-see
• O. E. Rolvaag House · sanctuary · Rice · ~23 km · Must-see
• Skinner Memorial Chapel · church · Rice · ~24 km · Must-see
• Remund Lake · lake · Rice · ~28 km · Must-see
• Cody Lake · lake · Le Sueur · ~29 km · Must-see
• Knutsen Lake · lake · Waseca · ~31 km · Must-see
• Minnesota State School Orphanage Museum · museum · Steele · ~32 km · Must-see
• Hatch Lake · lake · Rice · ~32 km · Must-see
• Wells Fargo · sanctuary · Steele · ~33 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Forest Park

Other parks near Forest Park

• Lebanon Hills Regional Park · park · Dakota · ~65 km · Must-see
• Ney Nature Center · park · Le Sueur · ~66 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Renaissance Festival · park · Scott · ~67 km · Must-see
• The Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College;Gustavus Adolphus College Arboretum · park · Nicollet · ~68 km · Must-see
• Valleyfair · park · Scott · ~69 km · Must-see
• Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo · park · Pepin · ~72 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Landscape Arboretum · park · Carver · ~82 km · Must-see
• Crosby Farm Regional Park · park · Ramsey · ~83 km · Must-see
• Minnehaha Regional Park · park · Hennepin · ~83 km · Must-see
• Ḣe Mni C̣aƞ - Barn Bluff · park · Goodhue · ~83 km · Must-see

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