Sunset Rock

Sunset Rock: 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 Sunset Rock

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 Sunset Rock — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.05594, -90.45667. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Sunset Rock

• Governor Dodge State Park · sanctuary · Iowa · ~35 km · Must-see
• Dodge's Grove and Fort Union · fort · Iowa · ~40 km · Must-see
• Platte Mound M · attraction · Lafayette · ~41 km · Must-see
• Taliesin · sanctuary · Iowa · ~41 km · Must-see
• Belmont Mound State Park · sanctuary · Lafayette · ~41 km · Must-see
• Unity Chapel · church · Iowa · ~42 km · Must-see
• Big Hollow · viewpoint · Sauk · ~42 km · Must-see
• Tower Hill State Park · sanctuary · Iowa · ~44 km · Must-see
• Fort Defiance · fort · Lafayette · ~49 km · Must-see
• Hyde Congregational Church · church · Iowa · ~50 km · Must-see
• Sylvan · viewpoint · Richland · ~54 km · Must-see
• Badger Valley · viewpoint · Iowa · ~57 km · Must-see
• Blue Mound State Park · sanctuary · Iowa · ~63 km · Must-see
• Yellowstone Lake State Park · lake · Lafayette · ~63 km · Must-see
• Blue Mounds Fort · fort · Dane · ~64 km · Must-see
• Honey Creek State Natural Area · waterfall · Sauk · ~65 km · Must-see
• Pleasant Valley Conservancy State Natural Area · sanctuary · Dane · ~66 km · Must-see
• Natural Bridge State Park · sanctuary · Sauk · ~67 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Sunset Rock

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Sunset Rock

• Big Hollow · viewpoint · Sauk · ~42 km · Must-see
• Sylvan · viewpoint · Richland · ~54 km · Must-see
• Badger Valley · viewpoint · Iowa · ~57 km · Must-see
• Carr Valley · viewpoint · Richland · ~73 km · Must-see
• Couler Valley · viewpoint · Dubuque · ~74 km · Must-see
• Charles Mound · viewpoint · Jackson · ~80 km · Must-see
• Charles Mound · viewpoint · Jo Daviess · ~80 km · Must-see
• Mount Hosmer · viewpoint · Allamakee · ~89 km · Must-see
• Rattlesnake Knob · viewpoint · Sauk · ~98 km · Must-see
• Bascom Hill · viewpoint · Dane · ~107 km · Must-see

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