Central Park

Central 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 Central 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 Central Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.92492, -94.43798. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Central Park

• Bullhead Lake · lake · Watonwan · ~13 km · Must-see
• St. James City Park · lake · Watonwan · ~21 km · Must-see
• Kansas Lake · lake · Watonwan · ~26 km · Must-see
• Strom Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~31 km · Must-see
• Armstrong Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~33 km · Must-see
• Lily Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~34 km · Must-see
• Lieberg Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~34 km · Must-see
• Cedar Lake · lake · Martin · ~35 km · Must-see
• Mills Lake · lake · Blue Earth · ~36 km · Must-see
• Red Rock Center for the Arts · church · Martin · ~38 km · Must-see
• Martin County Historical Society and Pioneer Museum · museum · Martin · ~38 km · Must-see
• Sisseton Lake · lake · Martin · ~38 km · Must-see
• Bass Lake · lake · Faribault · ~39 km · Must-see
• Budd Lake · lake · Martin · ~40 km · Must-see
• Rapidan Dam · lake · Blue Earth · ~40 km · Must-see
• Little Hall Lake · lake · Martin · ~41 km · Must-see
• Seymour Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Martin · ~41 km · Must-see
• Juni Lake · lake · Brown · ~42 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Central Park

Other parks near Central Park

• The Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College;Gustavus Adolphus College Arboretum · park · Nicollet · ~72 km · Must-see
• Gaylord City Park · park · Sibley · ~91 km · Must-see
• Ney Nature Center · park · Le Sueur · ~101 km · Must-see
• Emerson Bay State Recreation Area · park · Dickinson · ~108 km · Must-see
• Ambrose A Call State Park · park · Kossuth · ~123 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Renaissance Festival · park · Scott · ~142 km · Must-see
• Chubb Park · park · Martin · ~38 km
• Holden Park · park · Martin · ~39 km
• Flandrau State Park · park · Brown · ~51 km
• Land of Memories Park · park · Blue Earth · ~51 km

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