River Valley Park
River Valley Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 251 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ronald Cresswell Memorial Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ronald Cresswell Memorial Playground: 0.3 mi
- Commons South Park: 0.3 mi
- Pershing Park: 0.4 mi
- Valley Park: 0.4 mi
- Southgate Park: 0.6 mi
- Robert O Cook Memorial Arboretum: 4.3 mi
- Rockton Bog Nature Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Busse Prairie Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Carver Roehl Park: 11.6 mi
- Lost Flora Fen on Racoon Creek: 12.7 mi
- First State Fair: 2.8 mi
- Medal of Honor Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 4.1 mi
- New Life Cross: 5.7 mi
- Home of Governor Harvey: 7.7 mi
- Lincoln Tallman Museum: 2.6 mi
- Bartlett Memorial Historical Museum: 10.2 mi
- Wright Museum of Art: 10.3 mi
- Logan Museum of Anthropology: 10.3 mi
- Rasey House: 10.3 mi
- Five Points: 2.2 mi
- Bessie the Cow: 5.7 mi
- Skydive the Rock: 11.3 mi
- Beckman Mill: 11.5 mi
- Blackhawk Farms Raceway: 11.7 mi
- Rotary Botanical Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Paul Lange Arboretum;Delavan Memorial Arboretum: 20.3 mi
- Campus Organic Garden: 20.3 mi
- Ora Rice Arboretum: 20.4 mi
- Whitewater Community Garden: 21.6 mi
- The Wall: 10.0 mi
- NIS Train: 10.4 mi
- Sundial: 20.1 mi
- Giraffe Statue: 20.4 mi
- Romeo the Elephant: 20.4 mi
- Lions Beach: 2.5 mi
- Swimming Beach: 16.1 mi
- Whitewater Beach: 19.7 mi
- Troll Beach: 19.8 mi
- Olson Beach: 21.1 mi
- Rest Area #17 Janesville: 8.4 mi
- Janesville Rest Area 17: 8.5 mi
- Beloit Rest Area 22: 10.5 mi
- Turtle Creek Welcome Center (Southbound Only): 12.0 mi
- Mount Zion: 7.6 mi
- Lone Tree Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Liberty Pole Hill: 22.1 mi
- Fellows: 10.3 mi
- Jefferson Prairie Settlement: 14.3 mi
- Clarence: 18.3 mi
- Williams Knoll: 24.0 mi
- East Waterfall - O Taki: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of River Valley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Pole Hill | NW 304° | 338 m | 22.1 mi |
| Lone Tree Bluff | ENE 62° | 320 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Zion | ENE 58° | 316 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:40 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 24 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Afton - Janesville Wwtp, 1 mi away.
- compass plant62 obs
- grey-headed coneflower59 obs
- sweet black-eyed Susan58 obs
- hoary vervain42 obs
- purple coneflower38 obs
- rattlesnake master34 obs
- sideoats grama32 obs
- golden Alexanders31 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/449890593
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