Manitou

Manitou: 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 museum: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Manitou

Season: Year-round; check weekly closing day (often Monday).

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 Manitou — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.65406, -96.20997. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Manitou

• Palisades State Park · sanctuary · Minnehaha · ~32 km · Must-see
• Jasper Museum · church · Minnehaha · ~33 km · Must-see
• Beaver Creek Nature Area · sanctuary · Lyon · ~36 km · Must-see
• Splitrock Lake Dam · lake · Pipestone · ~37 km · Must-see
• Big Sioux Recreation Area · sanctuary · Minnehaha · ~41 km · Must-see
• Gitchie Manitou State Preserve · sanctuary · Lincoln · ~44 km · Must-see
• Lake Alvin · lake · Lincoln · ~51 km · Must-see
• Pipestone National Monument · church · Pipestone · ~51 km · Must-see
• Corabelle Lake · lake · Murray · ~51 km · Must-see
• Glidden Chapel · church · Minnehaha · ~52 km · Must-see
• Old Courthouse Museum · museum · Minnehaha · ~54 km · Must-see
• Lake Wilson · lake · Murray · ~54 km · Must-see
• Pettigrew Home & Museum · museum · Minnehaha · ~55 km · Must-see
• Terrace Park · park · Minnehaha · ~55 km · Must-see
• St. Peter's Lutheran Church · church · Minnehaha · ~56 km · Must-see
• Dell Rapids Water Tower · fort · Minnehaha · ~56 km · Must-see
• Hawkeye Point · viewpoint · Osceola · ~57 km · Must-see
• Great Plains Zoo · sanctuary · Minnehaha · ~58 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Manitou

Other museums near Manitou

• Old Courthouse Museum · museum · Minnehaha · ~54 km · Must-see
• Pettigrew Home & Museum · museum · Minnehaha · ~55 km · Must-see
• Higgins Museum · museum · Dickinson · ~115 km · Must-see
• Jeffers Petroglyphs · museum · Cottonwood · ~130 km · Must-see
• W. H. Over Museum · museum · Clay · ~140 km · Must-see
• National Music Museum · museum · Clay · ~141 km · Must-see
• HGS Gallery · museum · Rock · ~0 km
• Hinkly House Museum · museum · Rock · ~0 km
• Rock County Historical Society and Museum · museum · Rock · ~0 km
• Rock Island Depot Museum · museum · Lyon · ~31 km

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