Plum Valley

Plum 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 Plum 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 Plum Valley — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.01915, -90.69513. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Plum Valley

• Wyalusing State Park · sanctuary · Grant · ~43 km · Must-see
• Limery Ridge Savanna State Natural Area · sanctuary · Clayton · ~45 km · Must-see
• Fort Crawford · museum · Clayton · ~46 km · Must-see
• Platte Mound M · attraction · Lafayette · ~46 km · Must-see
• Pikes Peak State Park · sanctuary · Clayton · ~49 km · Must-see
• Belmont Mound State Park · sanctuary · Lafayette · ~49 km · Must-see
• Effigy Mounds National Monument · sanctuary · Clayton · ~51 km · Must-see
• Bussey Lake · lake · Clayton · ~51 km · Must-see
• Nelson Dewey State Park · sanctuary · Grant · ~52 km · Must-see
• Turkey River Mounds State Preserve · sanctuary · Clayton · ~55 km · Must-see
• Sylvan · viewpoint · Richland · ~57 km · Must-see
• Lake Winneshiek · lake · Allamakee · ~58 km · Must-see
• Governor Dodge State Park · sanctuary · Iowa · ~59 km · Must-see
• Dodge's Grove and Fort Union · fort · Iowa · ~60 km · Must-see
• Spook Cave · cave · Clayton · ~62 km · Must-see
• Jones Arboretum and Botanical Gardens · sanctuary · Allamakee · ~63 km · Must-see
• Couler Valley · viewpoint · Dubuque · ~64 km · Must-see
• Fort Defiance · fort · Lafayette · ~65 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Plum Valley

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Plum Valley

• Sylvan · viewpoint · Richland · ~57 km · Must-see
• Couler Valley · viewpoint · Dubuque · ~64 km · Must-see
• Big Hollow · viewpoint · Sauk · ~66 km · Must-see
• Mount Hosmer · viewpoint · Allamakee · ~72 km · Must-see
• Badger Valley · viewpoint · Iowa · ~81 km · Must-see
• Charles Mound · viewpoint · Jackson · ~85 km · Must-see
• Charles Mound · viewpoint · Jo Daviess · ~85 km · Must-see
• Carr Valley · viewpoint · Richland · ~89 km · Must-see
• Rattlesnake Knob · viewpoint · Sauk · ~118 km · Must-see
• Dells Of The Wisconsin River · viewpoint · Adams · ~129 km · Must-see

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