Crater Park

Crater 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 Crater 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 Crater Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.24212, -80.84799. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Crater Park

• WIFM-FM (Elkin) · lake · Yadkin · ~6 km · Must-see
• Stone Mt State Park Waterfalls · waterfall · Wilkes · ~30 km · Must-see
• Stone Mountain State Park · sanctuary · Wilkes · ~32 km · Must-see
• Camp Raven Knob · sanctuary · Surry · ~33 km · Must-see
• Doughton Park · sanctuary · Wilkes · ~44 km · Must-see
• Pores Knob · viewpoint · Wilkes · ~44 km · Must-see
• Pilot Mountain · viewpoint · Surry · ~44 km · Must-see
• Andy Griffith Museum · museum · Patrick · ~44 km · Must-see
• Donnaha Church · church · Forsyth · ~46 km · Must-see
• Grayson Glades Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Grayson · ~48 km · Must-see
• Stewarts Creek State Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Carroll · ~50 km · Must-see
• W. Kerr Scott Reservoir · lake · Wilkes · ~50 km · Must-see
• Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest · park · Wilkes · ~50 km · Must-see
• Rendezvous Mountain State Park · sanctuary · Wilkes · ~52 km · Must-see
• Lovill's Creek Lake · lake · Carroll · ~53 km · Must-see
• Laurel Hill Farm · park · Patrick · ~55 km · Must-see
• Rendezvous Mountain State Forest · sanctuary · Wilkes · ~57 km · Must-see
• Cul Res Fort Dobbs · fort · Iredell · ~59 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Crater Park

Other parks near Crater Park

• Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest · park · Wilkes · ~50 km · Must-see
• Laurel Hill Farm · park · Patrick · ~55 km · Must-see
• Reynolda Gardens · park · Forsyth · ~65 km · Must-see
• Hanes Park · park · Forsyth · ~69 km · Must-see
• Shot Tower State Park · park · Wythe · ~87 km · Must-see
• Tweetsie Railroad · park · Watauga · ~90 km · Must-see
• Carolina Renaissance Festival · park · Mecklenburg · ~113 km · Must-see
• Guilford Courthouse National Military Park · park · Guilford · ~114 km · Must-see
• Tanger Bicentennial Gardens · park · Guilford · ~115 km · Must-see
• Benjamin Park Bog Garden · park · Guilford · ~115 km · Must-see

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