Skip to content
Byway
Historic site · Wisconsin

C-47 Plane Crash Memorial

C-47 Plane Crash Memorial from directly overhead

C-47 Plane Crash Memorial is a historic site in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 521 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 0.2 miles off. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
In the late hours of November 25, 1944, a C-47 Army cargo plane en route from Chicago to Minneapolis crashed into Blue Mound 400-500 feet north of this monument. The plane had encountered a winter storm, and burdened by built up ice, was attempting to ret
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.02842, -89.84952
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mounds View Park: 1.0 mi
  • Hidden Mounds Park: 1.6 mi
  • Quail Ridge Park: 2.1 mi
  • Kittleson Krest Park: 2.3 mi
  • Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 56
  • Emmett Schulte Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Epic Community Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Forward Garden: 14.6 mi
  • Theme Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Native American Garden: 14.7 mi
Artworks: 48
  • Toy Soldier: 14.3 mi
  • St Andrew's Mary Statue: 16.2 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 19.7 mi
  • Community: 19.7 mi
  • Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 20.1 mi
Attractions: 41
Peaks: 33
Museums: 21
  • Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society: 5.8 mi
  • Black Earth Children's Museum: 9.2 mi
  • Nick Engelbert's Grandview Folk Art Environment: 11.8 mi
  • Blanchardville Museum: 15.0 mi
  • National Mustard Museum: 17.7 mi
Beaches: 20
Springs: 9
  • Big Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Riley Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Spring House: 12.5 mi
  • Spring House: 14.2 mi
  • Springs: 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 14.7 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of C-47 Plane Crash Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsW 259°524 m0.2 mi
Bunker HillW 265°371 m12.0 mi
Dunbar HillWNW 285°366 m18.6 mi
Indian CastleNW 323°354 m4.3 mi
Sugarloaf HillNNE 23°346 m19.9 mi
Hogback HillN 0°329 m23.6 mi
Pine KnobNNW 333°327 m5.8 mi
Bigelow HillWNW 294°322 m21.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3419:12
June solstice05:2120:0020:43
September equinox06:4718:2118:59
December solstice07:2815:4216:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182133455767706961493624
Precip in1.51.32.33.84.45.63.93.32.82.92.31.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mazomanie Wwtp, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3134966322

More historic sites in Wisconsin

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore historic sites
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to C-47 Plane Crash Memorial.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens