- Elevation, modelled
- 404 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Platte Mounds435 m · 0.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Great River Road13.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:44local time
- Coordinates
- 42.7635, -90.4067
Platteville Mound Park is a nature reserve in Wisconsin, at a modelled 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.
- Operated by
- University of Wisconsin Platteville
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | ENE 57° | 435 m | 0.0 mi |
| Belmont Mound | E 82° | 427 m | 3.0 mi |
| Little Mound | E 96° | 389 m | 0.9 mi |
| White Hill | SSE 149° | 381 m | 17.8 mi |
| Charles Mound | SSE 155° | 374 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | WSW 241° | 374 m | 22.7 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NE 43° | 371 m | 23.7 mi |
| Mount Sumner | SSE 147° | 357 m | 24.5 mi |
- 13.3 mi off the Great River RoadNational
- 30.3 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Allison Point · 20 mi
- Shiras Point · 20 mi
- River Viewing Point · 20 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Platte Mound M: 0.0 mi
- First Capitol Historical Site: 2.3 mi
- Waterfall: 6.2 mi
- The Grotto: 13.4 mi
- Pendarvis Historic Site: 13.7 mi
- The Mining and Rollo Jamison Museum: 4.0 mi
- Wisconsin Odd Fellow Rebekah Museum: 13.2 mi
- The Lafayette County Historical Society Depot Museum: 15.7 mi
- Badger Mine and Museum: 15.9 mi
- Passage Thru Time Museum: 16.3 mi
- Platte Mounds: 0.0 mi
- Little Mound: 0.9 mi
- Belmont Mound: 3.0 mi
- White Hill: 17.8 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 17.9 mi
- 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
- Big Spring: 21.7 mi
- Cleary Spring: 22.9 mi
- Spring House: 23.0 mi
- Marsden Well: 24.3 mi
- Pendarvis: 13.7 mi
- Sinnipee: 18.2 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 21.1 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 19.1 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 23.0 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 24.4 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 22.4 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 22.6 mi
- Hosta Garden: 24.4 mi
- Enee Point: 22.4 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 13.7 mi
- Stephens Falls: 23.0 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 20.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:45 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 22 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platteville, 3 mi away.
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