Southern Playground

Southern Playground: 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 Southern Playground

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 Southern Playground — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.32814, -82.98370. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Southern Playground

• Yoctangee Park · park · Ross · ~2 km · Must-see
• Story Mound State Memorial · fort · Ross · ~3 km · Must-see
• Wesley Chapel · church · Ross · ~7 km · Must-see
• Ross Lake · lake · Ross · ~8 km · Must-see
• Great Seal State Park · sanctuary · Ross · ~9 km · Must-see
• Hopewell Culture National Historical Park · fort · Ross · ~10 km · Must-see
• Scioto Trail State Park · park · Ross · ~15 km · Must-see
• Tar Hollow State Forest · sanctuary · Ross · ~25 km · Must-see
• Little Copperas Mountain · viewpoint · Ross · ~30 km · Must-see
• Pike Lake State Park · lake · Pike · ~34 km · Must-see
• Burning Indian Mound · viewpoint · Pickaway · ~35 km · Must-see
• Calamus Swamp · sanctuary · Pickaway · ~36 km · Must-see
• M. M. Crites Octagon House · fort · Pickaway · ~36 km · Must-see
• Piketon Mounds · fort · Pike · ~39 km · Must-see
• Cross Mound · fort · Fairfield · ~39 km · Must-see
• Leo Petroglyph · fort · Jackson · ~41 km · Must-see
• Pike State Forest · sanctuary · Pike · ~42 km · Must-see
• Mount Olive Road Covered Bridge · fort · Vinton · ~43 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Southern Playground

Other parks near Southern Playground

• Yoctangee Park · park · Ross · ~2 km · Must-see
• Scioto Trail State Park · park · Ross · ~15 km · Must-see
• Scioto Grove Metro Park · park · Franklin · ~72 km · Must-see
• Labold Field · park · Scioto · ~83 km · Must-see
• Schiller Park · park · Franklin · ~85 km · Must-see
• Scioto Audubon Metro Park · park · Franklin · ~86 km · Must-see
• Dorrian Commons Park · park · Franklin · ~87 km · Must-see
• John W Galbreath Bicentennial Park · park · Franklin · ~87 km · Must-see
• Scioto Mile Promenade · park · Franklin · ~88 km · Must-see
• Dorrian Green · park · Franklin · ~88 km · Must-see

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