Head Start

Head Start: 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 fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Head Start

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

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 Head Start — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.35647, -93.51108. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Head Start

• Annie and Abel Van Meter State Park · sanctuary · Saline · ~29 km · Must-see
• Fort Orleans · fort · Saline · ~29 km · Must-see
• Utz Site · fort · Saline · ~30 km · Must-see
• Battle of Lexington State Historic Site · fort · Lafayette · ~45 km · Must-see
• Pershing State Park · sanctuary · Linn · ~66 km · Must-see
• Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site · sanctuary · Linn · ~70 km · Must-see
• Arrow Rock Historic District · fort · Saline · ~73 km · Must-see
• Wagon Knob · viewpoint · Lafayette · ~75 km · Must-see
• Old Armoury · fort · Carroll · ~0 km
• Hilton Lake Dam · lake · Carroll · ~1 km
• Carroll County Historical Museum · museum · Carroll · ~3 km
• Carrollton Recreation Lake Dam · lake · Carroll · ~3 km
• Anderson Lake Dam · lake · Carroll · ~6 km
• Griffin Lake Dam · lake · Carroll · ~6 km
• Fish Lake · lake · Saline · ~18 km
• Gumbo Point Archeological Site · fort · Saline · ~22 km
• Mandeville Lake Dam · lake · Carroll · ~24 km
• Null Lake · lake · Carroll · ~26 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Head Start

Other forts & heritage near Head Start

• Fort Orleans · fort · Saline · ~29 km · Must-see
• Utz Site · fort · Saline · ~30 km · Must-see
• Battle of Lexington State Historic Site · fort · Lafayette · ~45 km · Must-see
• Arrow Rock Historic District · fort · Saline · ~73 km · Must-see
• Fort Osage National Historic Site · fort · Jackson · ~77 km · Must-see
• Joseph M. Miller Mausoleum · fort · Johnson · ~101 km · Must-see
• Longview Mansion · fort · Jackson · ~120 km · Must-see
• Quindaro Townsite · fort · Wyandotte · ~127 km · Must-see
• Fort de Cavagnial · fort · Wyandotte · ~130 km · Must-see
• J.W. "Blind Boone" Home · fort · Boone · ~139 km · Must-see

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