John Walker Park

John Walker 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 John Walker 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 John Walker Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -17.02397, 145.73398. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near John Walker Park

• Cairns Mosque · dargah · Cairns Regional · ~15 km · Must-see
• Grey Peaks National Park · sanctuary · Cairns Regional · ~16 km · Must-see
• Walshs Pyramid · viewpoint · Cairns Regional · ~17 km · Must-see
• Cairns Botanic Gardens · sanctuary · Cairns Regional · ~17 km · Must-see
• Wooroonooran National Park · sanctuary · Cairns Regional · ~19 km · Must-see
• Davies Creek Falls · waterfall · Mareeba Shire · ~21 km · Must-see
• Euramoo Crater · lake · Tablelands Regional · ~23 km · Must-see
• Barron Gorge National Park · sanctuary · Mareeba Shire · ~23 km · Must-see
• Danbulla National Park · sanctuary · Tablelands Regional · ~24 km · Must-see
• Barron Falls · waterfall · Mareeba Shire · ~29 km · Must-see
• Rainforestation Nature Park · sanctuary · Mareeba Shire · ~30 km · Must-see
• Kuranda Koala Gardens · sanctuary · Mareeba Shire · ~32 km · Must-see
• Tinaroo Falls · waterfall · Tablelands Regional · ~32 km · Must-see
• Crater Lakes National Park · sanctuary · Tablelands Regional · ~36 km · Must-see
• Centre Peak (Bellenden Ker Range) · viewpoint · Cairns Regional · ~37 km · Must-see
• Fitzroy Island National Park · sanctuary · Cairns Regional · ~37 km · Must-see
• Cairns Tropical Zoo · park · Cairns Regional · ~38 km · Must-see
• Yungaburra Memorial Park · sanctuary · Tablelands Regional · ~39 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of John Walker Park

Other parks near John Walker Park

• Cairns Tropical Zoo · park · Cairns Regional · ~38 km · Must-see
• Paronella Park · park · Cassowary Coast Regional · ~92 km · Must-see
• Cairns Zoom and Wildlife Dome · park · Cairns Regional · ~15 km
• Shambala Animal Kingdom · park · Mareeba Shire · ~28 km
• Tom McDonald Park · park · Cairns Regional · ~40 km
• Weiner Park · park · Cairns Regional · ~0 km
• Isley Park · park · Cairns Regional · ~0 km
• Syd Wheelan Park · park · Cairns Regional · ~0 km
• SugarWorld · park · Cairns Regional · ~1 km
• JH Reed Park · park · Cairns Regional · ~1 km

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