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Platteville Mound Park

Platteville Mound Park from directly overhead

Platteville Mound Park is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 404 m. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the east-northeast, less than a tenth of a mile off. The nearest named place is Platte Mound M, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 13 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
University of Wisconsin Platteville
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.76353, -90.40669

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Belmont Mound Woods State Natural Area: 2.8 mi
  • Prairie View Park: 3.0 mi
  • Mound View Park: 3.1 mi
  • Legion Park: 3.4 mi
  • Smith Park: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 46
  • Igor the Mouse: 19.4 mi
  • An Ode to the River: 22.1 mi
  • Kerouac Quotation: 22.1 mi
  • Owl's Moon: 22.1 mi
  • Portal: 22.1 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • Belmont - Wisconsin Territory 1836: 2.3 mi
  • 1998 Wisconsin Assembly: 2.3 mi
  • Governor Tommy G. Thompson's 1998 Address at Wisconsin's First Capitol: 2.3 mi
  • Old Rock Church: 10.3 mi
  • Historic Mineral Point: 13.1 mi
Attractions: 25
Museums: 24
Peaks: 21
Nature reserves: 13
  • Belmont Prairie State Natural Area: 2.8 mi
  • Belmont Mound State Park: 2.9 mi
  • Ipswich Prairie State Natural Area: 4.7 mi
  • SW WI Grassland & Stream Conservation Area - Davis Unit: 14.3 mi
  • Bloomfield Prarie: 15.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Big Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Cleary Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Spring House: 23.0 mi
  • Marsden Well: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 19.1 mi
  • Cox Hollow Beach: 23.0 mi
  • Twin Valley Beach: 24.4 mi
Gardens: 3
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Platte MoundsENE 57°435 m0.0 mi
Belmont MoundE 82°427 m3.0 mi
Little MoundE 96°389 m0.9 mi
White HillSSE 149°381 m17.8 mi
Charles MoundSSE 155°374 m19.8 mi
Sherrill MoundWSW 241°374 m22.7 mi
Bunker HillNE 43°371 m23.7 mi
Mount SumnerSSE 147°357 m24.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:14
June solstice05:2420:0120:44
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:3015:4516:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182234465868727062503624
Precip in1.21.52.14.04.66.05.34.24.32.82.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platteville, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/23552630

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