Pilot Knob State Preserve

Pilot Knob State Preserve: 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 sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Pilot Knob State Preserve

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

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 Pilot Knob State Preserve — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.25117, -93.55452. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pilot Knob State Preserve

• Buddy Holly Crash Site · attraction · Cerro Gordo · ~18 km · Must-see
• McIntosh Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~20 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake · lake · Cerro Gordo · ~22 km · Must-see
• Parkers Woods · park · Cerro Gordo · ~37 km · Must-see
• KRIB-AM (Mason City) · church · Cerro Gordo · ~39 km · Must-see
• Charles H. Macnider Art Museum · museum · Cerro Gordo · ~39 km · Must-see
• Pickerel Lake Park · lake · Freeborn · ~54 km · Must-see
• Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Kossuth · ~59 km · Must-see
• Pilot Knob · viewpoint · Hancock · ~0 km
• Mansion Museum · museum · Winnebago · ~9 km
• Holtan Farm Museum · museum · Winnebago · ~11 km
• Ambroson Recreation Area · sanctuary · Winnebago · ~13 km
• Winan's Creek Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Worth · ~17 km
• Buddy Holly Glasses · fort · Cerro Gordo · ~19 km
• Farmers Beach · beach · Cerro Gordo · ~22 km
• Three Stars Monument · fort · Cerro Gordo · ~23 km
• Dodges Beach · beach · Cerro Gordo · ~23 km
• National Register of Historic Places · fort · Cerro Gordo · ~23 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Pilot Knob State Preserve

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Pilot Knob State Preserve

• McIntosh Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~20 km · Must-see
• Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Kossuth · ~59 km · Must-see
• Jolly Green Giant · sanctuary · Faribault · ~78 km · Must-see
• Wells Fargo · sanctuary · Steele · ~121 km · Must-see
• Hayden Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Howard · ~122 km · Must-see
• Brushy Creek State Preserve · sanctuary · Webster · ~129 km · Must-see
• Sibley Park · sanctuary · Blue Earth · ~135 km · Must-see
• River Bend Nature Center · sanctuary · Rice · ~146 km · Must-see
• Ambroson Recreation Area · sanctuary · Winnebago · ~13 km
• Winan's Creek Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Worth · ~17 km

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