Wilderness Park

Wilderness 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 Wilderness 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 Wilderness Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.09034, -103.29389. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Wilderness Park

• Storybook Island · park · Pennington · ~4 km · Must-see
• Dinosaur Park · park · Pennington · ~5 km · Must-see
• Stavekirke Chapel · church · Pennington · ~6 km · Must-see
• Hotel Alex Johnson · fort · Pennington · ~7 km · Must-see
• The Journey Museum · museum · Pennington · ~8 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help · church · Pennington · ~8 km · Must-see
• Reptile Gardens · sanctuary · Pennington · ~14 km · Must-see
• Sitting Bull Crystal Caverns · cave · Pennington · ~18 km · Must-see
• Sheridan Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~22 km · Must-see
• South Dakota Air and Space Museum · museum · Pennington · ~23 km · Must-see
• Pactola Reservoir Recreation Area · lake · Pennington · ~24 km · Must-see
• Horse Thief Lake Dam · lake · Pennington · ~33 km · Must-see
• Mount Rushmore · sanctuary · Pennington · ~34 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center · museum · Pennington · ~34 km · Must-see
• Lakota Dam · lake · Custer · ~35 km · Must-see
• Iron Mountain · viewpoint · Pennington · ~35 km · Must-see
• Black Hills Institute · museum · Pennington · ~36 km · Must-see
• Black Elk Wilderness · sanctuary · Pennington · ~37 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Wilderness Park

Other parks near Wilderness Park

• Storybook Island · park · Pennington · ~4 km · Must-see
• Dinosaur Park · park · Pennington · ~5 km · Must-see
• Evans Plunge · park · Fall River · ~92 km
• Wall City Park · park · Pennington · ~106 km
• Washington Park · park · Crook · ~116 km
• Delta-09 · park · Pennington · ~116 km
• Center of the Nation Roadside Park · park · Butte · ~131 km
• Delta-01 · park · Jackson · ~137 km
• The Outdoor Campus-West · park · Pennington · ~1 km
• Quarry Park · park · Pennington · ~1 km

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