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: 43.61974, -94.99198. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Central Park

• Lake Independence · lake · Jackson · ~21 km · Must-see
• Spirit Lake · lake · Dickinson · ~23 km · Must-see
• Marble Beach State Recreation Area · beach · Dickinson · ~25 km · Must-see
• Fox Lake · lake · Martin · ~31 km · Must-see
• Seymour Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Martin · ~31 km · Must-see
• East Okoboji Lake · lake · Dickinson · ~32 km · Must-see
• North Heron Lake · lake · Jackson · ~35 km · Must-see
• Cedar Lake · lake · Martin · ~35 km · Must-see
• Higgins Museum · museum · Dickinson · ~36 km · Must-see
• West Okoboji Lake · lake · Dickinson · ~36 km · Must-see
• Timber Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Jackson · ~37 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake · lake · Cottonwood · ~40 km · Must-see
• Cayler Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Dickinson · ~40 km · Must-see
• Plum Lake · lake · Osceola · ~41 km · Must-see
• Emerson Bay State Recreation Area · park · Dickinson · ~41 km · Must-see
• Bingham Lake · lake · Cottonwood · ~42 km · Must-see
• Mountain Lake Site · fort · Cottonwood · ~43 km · Must-see
• Okamanpeedan Lake · lake · Emmet · ~45 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Central Park

Other parks near Central Park

• Emerson Bay State Recreation Area · park · Dickinson · ~41 km · Must-see
• Ambrose A Call State Park · park · Kossuth · ~109 km · Must-see
• The Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College;Gustavus Adolphus College Arboretum · park · Nicollet · ~141 km · Must-see
• Chubb Park · park · Martin · ~53 km
• Holden Park · park · Martin · ~54 km
• Riverside Park · park · Brown · ~86 km
• Prairieview Park · park · Brown · ~97 km
• South Park · park · Brown · ~97 km
• Eagles Park · park · Brown · ~97 km
• Burnside Park · park · Brown · ~97 km

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