Prospect Park

Prospect 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 Prospect 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 Prospect Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.09594, -94.35413. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Prospect Park

• Blue Mound · viewpoint · Vernon · ~20 km · Must-see
• Osage Village State Historic Site · park · Vernon · ~23 km · Must-see
• Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Linn · ~37 km · Must-see
• Massacre Memorial State Park · park · Linn · ~39 km · Must-see
• Trading Post's fort · museum · Linn · ~42 km · Must-see
• Mound City's post · church · Linn · ~51 km · Must-see
• Fort Scott National Historic Site · fort · Bourbon · ~52 km · Must-see
• Lunette Blair-Blockhouse · fort · Bourbon · ~52 km · Must-see
• Big Mouth · fort · Bates · ~1 km
• Eastland Lake Dam · lake · Bates · ~2 km
• Church of God in Christ, Mennonite · church · Bates · ~3 km
• Brushy Mound · viewpoint · Bates · ~8 km
• Deer Mound · viewpoint · Vernon · ~11 km
• Four Rivers Conservation Area · sanctuary · Vernon · ~14 km
• Halley Bluffs · viewpoint · Vernon · ~17 km
• Fort Carondelet · fort · Vernon · ~18 km
• Hammer Hill · viewpoint · Bates · ~20 km
• Belvoir Bluffs · viewpoint · Vernon · ~21 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Prospect Park

Other parks near Prospect Park

• Osage Village State Historic Site · park · Vernon · ~23 km · Must-see
• Massacre Memorial State Park · park · Linn · ~39 km · Must-see
• Raymore Recreation Park · park · Cass · ~97 km · Must-see
• Hawk Ridge Park · park · Cass · ~101 km · Must-see
• Hillsdale State Park- Hillsdale Point Recreation Area · park · Miami · ~102 km · Must-see
• Powell Gardens · park · Johnson · ~114 km · Must-see
• Knob Noster State Park · park · Johnson · ~122 km · Must-see
• Mined Land Wildlife Area · park · Cherokee · ~123 km · Must-see
• Fairyland Park · park · Jackson · ~126 km · Must-see
• Swope Park · park · Jackson · ~127 km · Must-see

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