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Valley Park

Valley Park from directly overhead

Valley Park is a park in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 368 m. Killington Peak stands 1,293 m to the south-southwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is West Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Scenic Route 100 Byway runs past it.

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Coordinates43.66212, -72.77469

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Rutland City Forest: 8.0 mi
  • Common: 8.7 mi
  • Northwood Park: 8.9 mi
  • Dorothy Thompson Memorial Common: 9.0 mi
  • Rutland Area Robotics: 9.5 mi
Historic sites: 37
  • Edward Hastings Ripley: 7.7 mi
  • Doug Casella: 7.7 mi
  • Orested Augustus Brownson: 8.3 mi
  • Honor Roll: 8.6 mi
  • Grave of President Calvin Coolidge and First Lady Grace Coolidge: 9.4 mi
Nature reserves: 36
  • Giffords Woods State Park: 1.9 mi
  • Les Newell Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
  • Chittenden Town Forest: 10.1 mi
  • Mount Carmel State Forest: 10.4 mi
  • Chittenden Town Forest: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 22
  • Rutland Water Fountain: 10.9 mi
  • The Leash Sculpture: 11.0 mi
  • Oculus: 11.2 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 13.2 mi
  • Mandala II: 20.6 mi
Museums: 20
Attractions: 15
  • Beast Mountain Coaster: 2.8 mi
  • Pine Hill Park: 11.8 mi
  • Traditional School Site: 17.9 mi
  • School Site: 18.5 mi
  • Joseph Smith Birth Place: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Thundering Brook Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Irene Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Mead's Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Otter Creek Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Upper Falls: 15.8 mi
Covered bridges: 13
Cliffs: 10
  • Deer Leap: 2.9 mi
  • Top Rock: 2.9 mi
  • Upper Tier: 2.9 mi
  • Lower Tier: 2.9 mi
  • Blueberry Ledges: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 6
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 18.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 21.5 mi
  • Robert Frost Wayside: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lions Club Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Valley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Killington PeakSSW 210°1,293 m4.6 mi
Pico PeakWSW 243°1,206 m3.5 mi
Little KillingtonSSW 207°1,194 m5.5 mi
Mendon PeakSW 218°1,170 m5.9 mi
Skye PeakSSW 199°1,158 m4.0 mi
Shrewsbury PeakSSW 195°1,122 m6.0 mi
Ramshead PeakSW 223°1,100 m3.5 mi
Snowdon PeakSW 216°1,095 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1019:5320:37
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:2215:3116:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192130435564686658473626
Precip in2.72.22.73.13.64.34.64.03.44.02.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rutland, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose103 obs
  • Common Loon95 obs
  • hobblebush60 obs
  • green false hellebore53 obs
  • Mallard49 obs
  • red trillium46 obs
  • marsh marigold44 obs
  • common jewelweed37 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/436458186

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