Spring Valley

Spring Valley: 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 viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Spring Valley

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

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 Spring Valley — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.99837, -95.08358. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Spring Valley

• Mound City's post · church · Linn · ~36 km · Must-see
• Assembly of God Church · church · Allen · ~36 km · Must-see
• Anderson County Courthouse · fort · Anderson · ~43 km · Must-see
• Lunette Blair-Blockhouse · fort · Bourbon · ~47 km · Must-see
• Fort Scott National Historic Site · fort · Bourbon · ~47 km · Must-see
• Trading Post's fort · museum · Linn · ~56 km · Must-see
• Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Linn · ~57 km · Must-see
• Massacre Memorial State Park · park · Linn · ~64 km · Must-see
• John Brown Museum · museum · Miami · ~71 km · Must-see
• Prairie Spirit Trail State Park · sanctuary · Franklin · ~74 km · Must-see
• Dawson Lake Dam · lake · Allen · ~1 km
• Mildred Lake Dam · lake · Allen · ~11 km
• Hidden Valley Lake Dam · lake · Bourbon · ~14 km
• Guthrie Mountain · viewpoint · Bourbon · ~21 km
• Bourbon Falls · waterfall · Bourbon · ~28 km
• Bourbon State Fishing Lake Dam · lake · Bourbon · ~28 km
• John Brown's Cave · cave · Allen · ~35 km
• Grace Lutheran Church · church · Allen · ~36 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Spring Valley

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Spring Valley

• Blue Mound · viewpoint · Vernon · ~95 km · Must-see
• Twin Mounds · viewpoint · Douglas · ~128 km · Must-see
• Mount Oread · viewpoint · Douglas · ~135 km · Must-see
• Argentine Limestone Outcrop · viewpoint · Johnson · ~137 km · Must-see
• Bowler Hill · viewpoint · Jackson · ~145 km · Must-see
• Tanyard Hollow · viewpoint · Ottawa · ~145 km · Must-see
• Cement City Limestone outcrops · viewpoint · Jackson · ~146 km · Must-see
• Westerville, Cement City, and Raytown Limestone outcrops · viewpoint · Jackson · ~146 km · Must-see
• Kansas City Group above, Pleasanton Group below · viewpoint · Jackson · ~146 km · Must-see
• Knobtown Sandstone at trail level · viewpoint · Jackson · ~147 km · Must-see

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