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: 44.45674, -93.15472. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Central Park

• Skinner Memorial Chapel · church · Rice · ~0 km · Must-see
• O. E. Rolvaag House · sanctuary · Rice · ~2 km · Must-see
• McKnight Prairie · sanctuary · Goodhue · ~14 km · Must-see
• Union Lake · lake · Rice · ~16 km · Must-see
• Chub Lake · lake · Dakota · ~16 km · Must-see
• Crystal Lake · lake · Rice · ~18 km · Must-see
• Circle Lake County Park · lake · Rice · ~21 km · Must-see
• Lake Byllesby Beach · lake · Dakota · ~22 km · Must-see
• Episcopal Church of The Advent · church · Dakota · ~25 km · Must-see
• Roberds Lake · lake · Rice · ~26 km · Must-see
• Mazaska Lake · lake · Rice · ~27 km · Must-see
• River Bend Nature Center · sanctuary · Rice · ~27 km · Must-see
• Wells Lake · lake · Rice · ~30 km · Must-see
• Shields Lake · lake · Rice · ~31 km · Must-see
• Lake Marion · lake · Dakota · ~32 km · Must-see
• Hatch Lake · lake · Rice · ~33 km · Must-see
• Cannon Lake · lake · Rice · ~34 km · Must-see
• Cody Lake · lake · Le Sueur · ~34 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Central Park

Other parks near Central Park

• Lebanon Hills Regional Park · park · Dakota · ~45 km · Must-see
• Valleyfair · park · Scott · ~56 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Renaissance Festival · park · Scott · ~60 km · Must-see
• Crosby Farm Regional Park · park · Ramsey · ~62 km · Must-see
• Minnehaha Regional Park · park · Hennepin · ~64 km · Must-see
• Ḣe Mni C̣aƞ - Barn Bluff · park · Goodhue · ~64 km · Must-see
• Mississippi Gorge Regional Park · park · Ramsey · ~67 km · Must-see
• Longfellow Park · park · Hennepin · ~68 km · Must-see
• Wic̣aḣapi · park · Ramsey · ~69 km · Must-see
• Dickerman Park · park · Ramsey · ~69 km · Must-see

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