Happy Acres

Happy Acres: 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 Happy Acres

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 Happy Acres — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.02065, -92.82407. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Happy Acres

• Wildwood Park · park · Floyd · ~15 km · Must-see
• Little Brown Church in · church · Chickasaw · ~33 km · Must-see
• Charles H. Macnider Art Museum · museum · Cerro Gordo · ~42 km · Must-see
• KRIB-AM (Mason City) · church · Cerro Gordo · ~42 km · Must-see
• Parkers Woods · park · Cerro Gordo · ~44 km · Must-see
• Buddy Holly Crash Site · attraction · Cerro Gordo · ~63 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake · lake · Cerro Gordo · ~63 km · Must-see
• McIntosh Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~66 km · Must-see
• Illinois Central Combination Depot-Ackley · fort · Hardin · ~69 km · Must-see
• Hayden Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Howard · ~73 km · Must-see
• Marble Rock Historical Society Museum · museum · Floyd · ~9 km
• Pioneer Kitchen Museum · museum · Floyd · ~9 km
• Marble Rock Milldam · lake · Floyd · ~9 km
• Ackley Creek Park · sanctuary · Floyd · ~11 km
• Rockford Park · park · Floyd · ~14 km
• Floyd County Museum · museum · Floyd · ~16 km
• Floyd County Historical Society Museum · museum · Floyd · ~16 km
• Fossil & Prairie Park State Preserve · sanctuary · Floyd · ~16 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Happy Acres

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Happy Acres

• McIntosh Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~66 km · Must-see
• Hayden Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Howard · ~73 km · Must-see
• Hartman Reserve Nature Center · sanctuary · Black Hawk · ~81 km · Must-see
• Cold Water Spring State Preserve · sanctuary · Winneshiek · ~105 km · Must-see
• Volga River State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Fayette · ~110 km · Must-see
• Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Kossuth · ~138 km · Must-see
• Skunk River Greenbelt · sanctuary · Story · ~142 km · Must-see
• Mayo Building · sanctuary · Olmsted · ~144 km · Must-see
• Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge · sanctuary · Allamakee · ~148 km · Must-see
• Brushy Creek State Preserve · sanctuary · Webster · ~148 km · Must-see

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