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Blue Mound State Park

Blue Mound State Park from directly overhead

Blue Mound State Park is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 459 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the west, 0.5 miles off. The nearest named place is C-47 Plane Crash Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.02695, -89.84321
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Mounds View Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hidden Mounds Park: 1.3 mi
  • Quail Ridge Park: 2.4 mi
  • Kittleson Krest Park: 2.5 mi
  • Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 56
  • Emmett Schulte Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Epic Community Garden: 13.5 mi
  • Forward Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Theme Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Native American Garden: 14.4 mi
Artworks: 51
  • Toy Soldier: 14.0 mi
  • St Andrew's Mary Statue: 15.9 mi
  • Community: 19.4 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 19.4 mi
  • Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 19.8 mi
Attractions: 41
Peaks: 33
Museums: 21
  • Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society: 5.4 mi
  • Black Earth Children's Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Nick Engelbert's Grandview Folk Art Environment: 11.9 mi
  • Blanchardville Museum: 14.9 mi
  • National Mustard Museum: 17.4 mi
Beaches: 20
Springs: 9
  • Big Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Riley Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Spring House: 12.2 mi
  • Spring House: 14.5 mi
  • Springs: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 2
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 14.4 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 14.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Mound State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundsW 279°524 m0.5 mi
Bunker HillW 265°371 m12.3 mi
Dunbar HillWNW 285°366 m18.9 mi
Indian CastleNW 321°354 m4.6 mi
Sugarloaf HillNNE 22°346 m19.9 mi
Hogback HillN 359°329 m23.7 mi
Pine KnobNNW 331°327 m6.0 mi
Bigelow HillWNW 294°322 m21.6 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.

Wildlife nearby
  • sharp-lobed hepatica59 obs
  • wild geranium55 obs
  • bloodroot45 obs
  • great blue lobelia41 obs
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit40 obs
  • mayapple39 obs
  • brown-eyed Susan39 obs
  • Virginia waterleaf38 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/23596191

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