South Park

South Park: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. 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 South Park

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach South Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.29052, -94.72350. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near South Park

• Sleepy Eye Lake · lake · Brown · ~2 km · Must-see
• Bachelor Lake · lake · Brown · ~9 km · Must-see
• School Lake · lake · Brown · ~17 km · Must-see
• Altermatt Lake · lake · Brown · ~18 km · Must-see
• Juni Lake · lake · Brown · ~22 km · Must-see
• Fort Ridgely State Park · fort · Nicollet · ~22 km · Must-see
• Hermann Monument · fort · Brown · ~25 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of the Holy Trinity · church · Brown · ~26 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Music Hall of Fame Museum · museum · Brown · ~26 km · Must-see
• Brown County Historical Society & Museum · museum · Brown · ~26 km · Must-see
• Strom Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~42 km · Must-see
• Armstrong Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~42 km · Must-see
• Jeffers Petroglyphs · museum · Cottonwood · ~43 km · Must-see
• St. James City Park · lake · Watonwan · ~44 km · Must-see
• Swan Lake · lake · Nicollet · ~45 km · Must-see
• Lieberg Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~45 km · Must-see
• Tiger Lake Wildlife Management Area, Hansen, Sperl & Stancer Tracts · lake · Renville · ~47 km · Must-see
• Bullhead Lake · lake · Watonwan · ~49 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of South Park

Other parks near South Park

• Gaylord City Park · park · Sibley · ~62 km · Must-see
• The Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College;Gustavus Adolphus College Arboretum · park · Nicollet · ~74 km · Must-see
• Ney Nature Center · park · Le Sueur · ~91 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Renaissance Festival · park · Scott · ~128 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Landscape Arboretum · park · Carver · ~135 km · Must-see
• Emerson Bay State Recreation Area · park · Dickinson · ~138 km · Must-see
• Valleyfair · park · Scott · ~144 km · Must-see
• Burnside Park · park · Brown · ~0 km
• Eagles Park · park · Brown · ~1 km
• Prairieview Park · park · Brown · ~1 km

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