May Valley

May 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 May 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 May Valley — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.21640, -102.60047. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near May Valley

• Historic Granada War Relocation Center (Camp Amache), 1942-1945 · park · Prowers · ~37 km · Must-see
• Amache National Historic Site · park · Prowers · ~38 km · Must-see
• John Martin Reservoir State Park · lake · Bent · ~44 km · Must-see
• John Martin Reservoir · lake · Bent · ~46 km · Must-see
• Sand Creek Massacre National Historic SIte · park · Kiowa · ~47 km · Must-see
• Fort Lyon · fort · Bent · ~61 km · Must-see
• Adobe Creek Dam · lake · Bent · ~74 km · Must-see
• Prince Reservoir · lake · Prowers · ~2 km
• Thurston Lake Dam · lake · Prowers · ~3 km
• King Reservoir · lake · Kiowa · ~8 km
• Neeskah Reservoir · lake · Kiowa · ~11 km
• Big Timbers Museum · museum · Prowers · ~14 km
• Tristate 9-11 Memorial · fort · Prowers · ~14 km
• Nee Noshe Dam · lake · Kiowa · ~16 km
• Galaxy Gallery · museum · Prowers · ~18 km
• Neegronda Reservoir · lake · Kiowa · ~21 km
• Bent's New Fort · fort · Bent · ~24 km
• Neesopah Reservoir · lake · Kiowa · ~25 km

See everything within a day’s drive of May Valley

Other hill stations & viewpoints near May Valley

• Two Buttes · viewpoint · Prowers · ~78 km · Must-see
• Mount Sunflower · viewpoint · Kit Carson · ~128 km · Must-see
• Agate Mound · viewpoint · Cheyenne · ~92 km
• Kim Hill · viewpoint · Lincoln · ~93 km
• The Windsplitter · viewpoint · Baca · ~100 km
• Landsman Hill · viewpoint · Cheyenne · ~102 km
• Twin Buttes · viewpoint · Cheyenne · ~104 km
• Rock Hill · viewpoint · Wallace · ~105 km
• Black Hills · viewpoint · Crowley · ~108 km
• Eureka Hill · viewpoint · Cheyenne · ~110 km

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