Sands Park

Sands 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 Sands 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 Sands Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.77559, -85.02992. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Sands Park

• Lake Five · lake · Kalkaska · ~3 km · Must-see
• Bear Lake · lake · Kalkaska · ~11 km · Must-see
• Starvation Lake · lake · Kalkaska · ~12 km · Must-see
• Lake Margrethe · lake · Crawford · ~29 km · Must-see
• Lake Skegemog · lake · Kalkaska · ~29 km · Must-see
• Torch Lake · lake · Antrim · ~32 km · Must-see
• Skegemog Point Site · fort · Grand Traverse · ~32 km · Must-see
• Thayer Lake · lake · Antrim · ~33 km · Must-see
• Hartwick Pines State Park · sanctuary · Crawford · ~35 km · Must-see
• Elk Lake · lake · Antrim · ~37 km · Must-see
• Heart Lake · lake · Otsego · ~37 km · Must-see
• Long Lake · lake · Kalkaska · ~39 km · Must-see
• Otsego Lake State Park · lake · Otsego · ~40 km · Must-see
• Otsego Lake · lake · Otsego · ~41 km · Must-see
• Fife Lake · lake · Grand Traverse · ~42 km · Must-see
• Rennie Lake · lake · Grand Traverse · ~45 km · Must-see
• North Higgins Lake State Park · lake · Crawford · ~46 km · Must-see
• Spider Lake · lake · Grand Traverse · ~48 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Sands Park

Other parks near Sands Park

• Keith J. Charters Traverse City State Park · park · Grand Traverse · ~52 km · Must-see
• Young State Park · park · Charlevoix · ~63 km · Must-see
• Interlochen State Park · park · Grand Traverse · ~75 km · Must-see
• Leelanau State Park · park · Leelanau · ~78 km · Must-see
• Mineral Well Park · park · Emmet · ~84 km · Must-see
• William Mitchell State Park · park · Wexford · ~85 km · Must-see
• Petoskey State Park · park · Emmet · ~88 km · Must-see
• Wilson State Park · park · Clare · ~106 km · Must-see
• Aloha State Park · park · Cheboygan · ~117 km · Must-see
• Onaway State Park · park · Presque Isle · ~121 km · Must-see

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