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: 44.52732, -94.71957. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Central Park

• Fort Ridgely State Park · fort · Nicollet · ~11 km · Must-see
• Tiger Lake Wildlife Management Area, Hansen, Sperl & Stancer Tracts · lake · Renville · ~30 km · Must-see
• Ward Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Sibley · ~31 km · Must-see
• Sleepy Eye Lake · lake · Brown · ~31 km · Must-see
• Cathedral of the Holy Trinity · church · Brown · ~38 km · Must-see
• Bachelor Lake · lake · Brown · ~38 km · Must-see
• Hermann Monument · fort · Brown · ~39 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Music Hall of Fame Museum · museum · Brown · ~39 km · Must-see
• Brown County Historical Society & Museum · museum · Brown · ~39 km · Must-see
• Preston Lake · lake · Renville · ~40 km · Must-see
• Lake Allie · lake · Renville · ~42 km · Must-see
• School Lake · lake · Brown · ~42 km · Must-see
• Bakers Lake · lake · McLeod · ~42 km · Must-see
• Phare Lake · lake · Renville · ~44 km · Must-see
• Lake Addie · lake · McLeod · ~46 km · Must-see
• Hodgson Lake · lake · Renville · ~46 km · Must-see
• Lake Whitney · lake · McLeod · ~46 km · Must-see
• Kings Lake · lake · McLeod · ~46 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Central Park

Other parks near Central Park

• Gaylord City Park · park · Sibley · ~49 km · Must-see
• The Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College;Gustavus Adolphus College Arboretum · park · Nicollet · ~79 km · Must-see
• Ney Nature Center · park · Le Sueur · ~83 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Renaissance Festival · park · Scott · ~115 km · Must-see
• Minnesota Landscape Arboretum · park · Carver · ~118 km · Must-see
• Valleyfair · park · Scott · ~131 km · Must-see
• Kiefer Park · park · Brown · ~31 km
• Allison Park · park · Brown · ~31 km
• Wooldrik Park · park · Brown · ~32 km
• Eagles Park · park · Brown · ~33 km

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