Skip to content

GrandView Rock

OpenStreetMap
Looking north from GrandView Rock. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.

GrandView Rock sits at 927 feet along the Great River Road, facing north with land dropping 299 feet within 600 meters of the overlook. From this point, Lower Quarry View lies north-northeast at 1.6 miles (896 ft), with FerryRock further along the same direction at 1.8 miles (1,000 ft). Bergen Bluff State Natural Area is visible to the east-northeast at 3.7 miles (1,065 ft). More distant points, La Crosse County and South View, both appear north-northeast at 11.5 miles, at elevations of 983 feet. La Crosse is 14.8 miles north, Onalaska 19.8 miles north, and Winona 35.9 miles north-northwest. Sunrise and sunset vary through the year: on the March equinox the sun rises at 07:09 and sets at 19:18; on the June solstice sunrise is 05:25 and sunset 20:51; on the September equinox sunrise is 06:53 and sunset 19:04; on the December solstice sunrise is 07:36 and sunset 16:32. Reno Quarry Point precedes this overlook along the route, and Reno south prairie follows it.

Access
On the byway
Elevation
927 ft
View
North · 0°
Relief
299 ft drop
In view
5 named features
View of Earth taken during ISS Expedition 18.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain · source
View of Wisconsin taken during ISS Expedition 26.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain · source
View of Earth taken during ISS Expedition 30.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain · source
View of Earth taken during ISS Expedition 37.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain · source
View of Earth taken during ISS Expedition 37.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain · source
CP 1401 leads the business train into the curve at Reno, Minn, on the Marquette Sub.
chief_huddleston · CC BY 2.0 · source

What you’re looking at

Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.

  • Lower Quarry View896 ftnorth-northeast · 1.6 mi
  • FerryRock1,000 ftnorth-northeast · 1.8 mi
  • Bergen Bluff State Natural Area1,065 fteast-northeast · 3.7 mi
  • La Crosse County983 ftnorth-northeast · 11.5 mi
  • South View983 ftnorth-northeast · 11.5 mi

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox07:0919:1818:40
June solstice05:2520:5120:07
September equinox06:5319:0418:27
December solstice07:3616:3215:45

Local time (America/Chicago). Computed for this exact position.

Where it is

  • La Crosse14.8 mi north
  • Onalaska19.8 mi north
  • Winona35.9 mi north-northwest
Loading map…
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to GrandView Rock.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens

How high is GrandView Rock?

GrandView Rock sits at about 927 feet (283 m).

What can you see from GrandView Rock?

From GrandView Rock: Lower Quarry View (NNE, 1.6 mi); FerryRock (NNE, 1.8 mi); Bergen Bluff State Natural Area (ENE, 3.7 mi); La Crosse County (NNE, 11 mi).

What is the nearest town to GrandView Rock?

La Crosse, 15 miles N of GrandView Rock.

What is the next lookout after GrandView Rock?

Reno south prairie is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after GrandView Rock.

Drive to GrandView Rock with Byway

Byway plans the scenic way there — real places along Great River Road, real weather, zero hallucinations — and hands the turns to the navigation you already use.

Byways with this lookout

Locals make it Verified.

GrandView Rock — confirmed, rated, and photographed by people who actually pulled over. A local confirmation is what upgrades a lookout from Discovered to Verified. Zero hallucinations.

Confirmed by locals

No local confirmations yet. Stood here? Yours is the one that upgrades this lookout to Verified.

Ratings

No ratings yet. Stood at this lookout? Be the first to rate it.

No written reviews yet.

Field notes

No field notes yet. Know the gate hours or the best pull-in? Leave the note you wish you'd had.

Photos

No photos yet.

Sign in to confirm this lookout, rate it, add photos, and leave field notes.

More lookouts on Great River Road

Named places near this lookout