Balk Park

Balk 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 Balk 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 Balk Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.37245, -92.11991. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Balk Park

• Cold Water Spring State Preserve · sanctuary · Winneshiek · ~19 km · Must-see
• Hayden Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Howard · ~28 km · Must-see
• Bily Clocks Museum · museum · Winneshiek · ~29 km · Must-see
• Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum · museum · Winneshiek · ~34 km · Must-see
• Porter House Museum · museum · Winneshiek · ~35 km · Must-see
• Decorah Ice Cave State Preserve · cave · Winneshiek · ~35 km · Must-see
• Fort Atkinson State Preserve · fort · Winneshiek · ~36 km · Must-see
• Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park · cave · Buffalo · ~38 km · Must-see
• First Baptist Church · church · Fayette · ~65 km · Must-see
• Little Brown Church in · church · Chickasaw · ~69 km · Must-see
• Wildwood Park · park · Floyd · ~72 km · Must-see
• Howard County Log Cabin Museum · museum · Howard · ~0 km
• Howard County Museum · museum · Howard · ~1 km
• Kellow House - Howard County Museum · museum · Howard · ~1 km
• Murray Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Howard · ~4 km
• Vernon Spring Dam · lake · Howard · ~4 km
• Steamboat Rock · viewpoint · Howard · ~5 km
• Turkey Bend Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Howard · ~5 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Balk Park

Other parks near Balk Park

• Wildwood Park · park · Floyd · ~72 km · Must-see
• Jay C Hormel Nature Center · park · Mower · ~92 km · Must-see
• Pettibone Park · park · La Crosse · ~106 km · Must-see
• Grandad Bluff Park · park · La Crosse · ~111 km · Must-see
• Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo · park · Pepin · ~112 km · Must-see
• Parkers Woods · park · Cerro Gordo · ~115 km · Must-see
• George Wyth Memorial State Park · park · Black Hawk · ~121 km · Must-see
• Lost Island Waterpark · park · Black Hawk · ~131 km · Must-see
• Lost Island Theme Park · park · Black Hawk · ~131 km · Must-see
• Runion Park · park · Chickasaw · ~48 km

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