Dows Park

Dows 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 Dows 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 Dows Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.67438, -93.50360. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Dows Park

• Quasdorf Wagon, Machine and Blacksmith Shop Museum · museum · Wright · ~2 km · Must-see
• Saint Matthews Episcopal Church · church · Hardin · ~33 km · Must-see
• Illinois Central Combination Depot-Ackley · fort · Hardin · ~49 km · Must-see
• Anderson Goose Lake · lake · Hamilton · ~52 km · Must-see
• Little Wall Lake County Park · lake · Hamilton · ~58 km · Must-see
• McIntosh Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~62 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake · lake · Cerro Gordo · ~63 km · Must-see
• Brushy Creek State Preserve · sanctuary · Webster · ~64 km · Must-see
• Woodman Hollow State Preserve · park · Webster · ~71 km · Must-see
• KRIB-AM (Mason City) · church · Cerro Gordo · ~71 km · Must-see
• Skunk River Greenbelt · sanctuary · Story · ~72 km · Must-see
• Parkers Woods · park · Cerro Gordo · ~73 km · Must-see
• Charles H. Macnider Art Museum · museum · Cerro Gordo · ~73 km · Must-see
• Toft Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Franklin · ~1 km
• Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock · fort · Wright · ~3 km
• Horse Grove Reitz Forest Area · sanctuary · Wright · ~10 km
• Interstate Lake Park · lake · Franklin · ~12 km
• Oakland Valley Game Management Area · sanctuary · Franklin · ~15 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Dows Park

Other parks near Dows Park

• Woodman Hollow State Preserve · park · Webster · ~71 km · Must-see
• Parkers Woods · park · Cerro Gordo · ~73 km · Must-see
• Bandshell Park · park · Story · ~91 km · Must-see
• Ambrose A Call State Park · park · Kossuth · ~92 km · Must-see
• Wildwood Park · park · Floyd · ~99 km · Must-see
• Conants Park · park · Tama · ~111 km · Must-see
• George Wyth Memorial State Park · park · Black Hawk · ~114 km · Must-see
• Twin Lakes State Park West · park · Calhoun · ~119 km · Must-see
• Lost Island Waterpark · park · Black Hawk · ~126 km · Must-see
• Lost Island Theme Park · park · Black Hawk · ~127 km · Must-see

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