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: 40.63561, -82.23348. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Central Park

• Mohican Memorial State Forest · sanctuary · Ashland · ~8 km · Must-see
• Pleasant Hill Lake · lake · Richland · ~12 km · Must-see
• Ramser Arboretum · sanctuary · Knox · ~15 km · Must-see
• Malabar Farm State Park · fort · Richland · ~17 km · Must-see
• Site of the tree from the movie Shawshank Redemption, before felling. · attraction · Richland · ~17 km · Must-see
• Brown's Lake Bog · lake · Wayne · ~19 km · Must-see
• Charles Mill Lake · lake · Richland · ~23 km · Must-see
• All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church · church · Richland · ~30 km · Must-see
• Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building · fort · Richland · ~34 km · Must-see
• Saint Peter's Church · church · Richland · ~34 km · Must-see
• Ohio State Reformatory · museum · Richland · ~35 km · Must-see
• Oak Hill Cottage · fort · Richland · ~35 km · Must-see
• Park Avenue Baptist Church · church · Richland · ~35 km · Must-see
• Central United Methodist Church · church · Richland · ~36 km · Must-see
• Ashland Reservoir · lake · Ashland · ~36 km · Must-see
• Knox Lake Dam · lake · Knox · ~37 km · Must-see
• North Lake Park · lake · Richland · ~37 km · Must-see
• Kingwood Center Gardens · fort · Richland · ~38 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Central Park

Other parks near Central Park

• Findley State Park · park · Lorain · ~69 km · Must-see
• Dillon State Park · park · Muskingum · ~80 km · Must-see
• Muskingum River Parkway State Park · park · Muskingum · ~87 km · Must-see
• Tappan Square · park · Lorain · ~91 km · Must-see
• Dawes Arboretum · park · Licking · ~94 km · Must-see
• Schoepfle Gardens · park · Erie · ~97 km · Must-see
• Gardenview Horticultural Park · park · Cuyahoga · ~101 km · Must-see
• Quail Hollow Park · park · Stark · ~108 km · Must-see
• Highbanks Metro Park · park · Delaware · ~109 km · Must-see
• Rides at Adventure Cove · park · Delaware · ~115 km · Must-see

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