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Valley Park

Valley Park from directly overhead

Valley Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 247 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Commons South Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.64547, -89.05251

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 26
  • First State Fair: 3.2 mi
  • Medal of Honor Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 3.9 mi
  • New Life Cross: 6.1 mi
  • Home of Governor Harvey: 7.6 mi
Museums: 23
Attractions: 12
  • Five Points: 2.6 mi
  • Bessie the Cow: 6.1 mi
  • Skydive the Rock: 11.0 mi
  • Beckman Mill: 11.1 mi
  • Blackhawk Farms Raceway: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 11
  • The Wall: 9.7 mi
  • NIS Train: 10.8 mi
  • Sundial: 20.5 mi
  • Giraffe Statue: 20.6 mi
  • Romeo the Elephant: 20.6 mi
Gardens: 10
Beaches: 8
  • Lions Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Troll Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Whitewater Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Olson Beach: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
Peaks: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Williams Knoll: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • East Waterfall - O Taki: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Valley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty Pole HillNW 305°338 m22.1 mi
Lone Tree BluffENE 62°320 m21.8 mi
Mount ZionENE 57°316 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:09
June solstice05:1919:5520:38
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2415:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202435475969737163513726
Precip in1.61.62.13.64.15.04.24.33.73.02.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Afton - Janesville Wwtp, under a mile away.

  • compass plant62 obs
  • grey-headed coneflower59 obs
  • sweet black-eyed Susan57 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/488991800

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