Pickard Park

Pickard Park: 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 park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Pickard Park

Season: Year-round, evenings.

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 Pickard Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.49363, -86.23736. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pickard Park

• Arcadia Lake · lake · Manistee · ~1 km · Must-see
• Upper Herring Lake · lake · Benzie · ~11 km · Must-see
• Portage Lake · lake · Manistee · ~18 km · Must-see
• Frankfort North Breakwater Light · fort · Michigan · ~19 km · Must-see
• Michigan Legacy Art Park · museum · Benzie · ~23 km · Must-see
• Crystal Lake · lake · Benzie · ~24 km · Must-see
• Pointe Betsie Lighthouse · lake · Benzie · ~28 km · Must-see
• Platte Lake · lake · Benzie · ~31 km · Must-see
• Orchard Beach State Park · beach · Manistee · ~31 km · Must-see
• SS City of Milwaukee · attraction · Manistee · ~33 km · Must-see
• United States Coast Guard Cutter Acacia · attraction · Manistee · ~33 km · Must-see
• North Pierhead Light · attraction · Michigan · ~35 km · Must-see
• Manistee Lake · lake · Manistee · ~36 km · Must-see
• Tippy Dam State Recreation Area · lake · Manistee · ~44 km · Must-see
• Tippy Dam · lake · Manistee · ~44 km · Must-see
• Robert H. Manning Memorial Lighthouse · beach · Leelanau · ~48 km · Must-see
• South Bar Lake · lake · Leelanau · ~48 km · Must-see
• Green Lake / Lake Wahbekanetta · lake · Grand Traverse · ~49 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Pickard Park

Other parks near Pickard Park

• Interlochen State Park · park · Grand Traverse · ~50 km · Must-see
• Keith J. Charters Traverse City State Park · park · Grand Traverse · ~76 km · Must-see
• William Mitchell State Park · park · Wexford · ~85 km · Must-see
• Charles Mears State Park · park · Oceana · ~101 km · Must-see
• Leelanau State Park · park · Leelanau · ~117 km · Must-see
• Bruemmer County Park · park · Kewaunee · ~130 km · Must-see
• Grebe Park · park · Manistee · ~1 km
• Hopkins Park · park · Manistee · ~13 km
• Mineral Springs Park · park · Manistee · ~18 km
• Onekama Village Park · park · Manistee · ~18 km

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