Echo Valley State Park

Echo Valley State Park: 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 sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Echo Valley State Park

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

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 Echo Valley State Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.94570, -91.77324. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Echo Valley State Park

• First Baptist Church · church · Fayette · ~4 km · Must-see
• Volga River State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Fayette · ~11 km · Must-see
• Fort Atkinson State Preserve · fort · Winneshiek · ~32 km · Must-see
• Bridge Street · fort · Clayton · ~40 km · Must-see
• Bily Clocks Museum · museum · Winneshiek · ~40 km · Must-see
• Spook Cave · cave · Clayton · ~49 km · Must-see
• Porter House Museum · museum · Winneshiek · ~50 km · Must-see
• Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum · museum · Winneshiek · ~50 km · Must-see
• Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge · sanctuary · Allamakee · ~50 km · Must-see
• Decorah Ice Cave State Preserve · cave · Winneshiek · ~51 km · Must-see
• Bixby State Preserve · sanctuary · Clayton · ~53 km · Must-see
• Effigy Mounds National Monument · sanctuary · Clayton · ~59 km · Must-see
• Pikes Peak State Park · sanctuary · Clayton · ~61 km · Must-see
• Fort Crawford · museum · Clayton · ~65 km · Must-see
• Wyalusing State Park · sanctuary · Grant · ~67 km · Must-see
• Limery Ridge Savanna State Natural Area · sanctuary · Clayton · ~68 km · Must-see
• Bussey Lake · lake · Clayton · ~71 km · Must-see
• Cold Water Spring State Preserve · sanctuary · Winneshiek · ~71 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Echo Valley State Park

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Echo Valley State Park

• Volga River State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Fayette · ~11 km · Must-see
• Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge · sanctuary · Allamakee · ~50 km · Must-see
• Bixby State Preserve · sanctuary · Clayton · ~53 km · Must-see
• Effigy Mounds National Monument · sanctuary · Clayton · ~59 km · Must-see
• Pikes Peak State Park · sanctuary · Clayton · ~61 km · Must-see
• Wyalusing State Park · sanctuary · Grant · ~67 km · Must-see
• Limery Ridge Savanna State Natural Area · sanctuary · Clayton · ~68 km · Must-see
• Cold Water Spring State Preserve · sanctuary · Winneshiek · ~71 km · Must-see
• Turkey River Mounds State Preserve · sanctuary · Clayton · ~81 km · Must-see
• Nelson Dewey State Park · sanctuary · Grant · ~82 km · Must-see

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