Goat Island

Goat Island: 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 Goat Island

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 Goat Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.50464, -77.87685. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Goat Island

• Lake Gaston · lake · Mecklenburg · ~21 km · Must-see
• Chapel of the Good Shepherd · church · Mecklenburg · ~40 km · Must-see
• St. Mark's Episcopal Church · church · Halifax · ~40 km · Must-see
• Church of the Immaculate Conception · church · Halifax · ~40 km · Must-see
• Whitaker Chapel · church · Halifax · ~60 km · Must-see
• Occoneechee State Park · sanctuary · Mecklenburg · ~70 km · Must-see
• Kerr Lake;Buggs Island Lake · lake · Mecklenburg · ~71 km · Must-see
• Turners Pond Dam · lake · Northampton · ~74 km · Must-see
• St James Episcopal Church · church · Vance · ~74 km · Must-see
• Roanoke Rapids Lake · lake · Greensville · ~15 km
• Robinsons Pond · lake · Halifax · ~16 km
• Panacea Falls · waterfall · Warren · ~17 km
• Rainey Dam · lake · Greensville · ~17 km
• Warrens Pond Dam · lake · Halifax · ~18 km
• Ryders Pond · lake · Warren · ~21 km
• Crawleys Pond Dam · lake · Halifax · ~23 km
• Roanoke Rapids Lake Dam · lake · Halifax · ~23 km
• Wrights Pond Dam · lake · Halifax · ~23 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Goat Island

Other parks near Goat Island

• Lee Memorial Park · park · Petersburg · ~110 km · Must-see
• West Point on the Eno · park · Durham · ~132 km · Must-see
• Pullen Park · park · Wake · ~134 km · Must-see
• Central Park · park · Durham · ~135 km · Must-see
• Dorothea Dix Park · park · Wake · ~135 km · Must-see
• JC Raulston Arboretum · park · Wake · ~135 km · Must-see
• Sarah P. Duke Gardens · park · Durham · ~138 km · Must-see
• Mid-lothian Mines Park · park · Chesterfield · ~140 km · Must-see
• Eno River State Park · park · Orange · ~140 km · Must-see
• Powhatan Wildlife Management Area · park · Pendleton · ~144 km · Must-see

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