Belmont Mound
Belmont Mound rises to 427 m in Wisconsin. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the west, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Belmont Mound State Park, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 16 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35726878, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 427 m
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 29.9 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Allison Point · 22 mi
- Shiras Point · 22 mi
- River Viewing Point · 22 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Belmont Mound Woods State Natural Area: 0.5 mi
- Pecatonica River Woods State Natural Area: 5.2 mi
- Rewey Community Park: 5.5 mi
- Prairie View Park: 5.9 mi
- Mound View Park: 5.9 mi
- Igor the Mouse: 21.2 mi
- Kerouac Quotation: 24.2 mi
- An Ode to the River: 24.2 mi
- RBG: 24.3 mi
- Owl's Moon: 24.3 mi
- Governor Tommy G. Thompson's 1998 Address at Wisconsin's First Capitol: 0.6 mi
- 1998 Wisconsin Assembly: 0.6 mi
- Belmont - Wisconsin Territory 1836: 0.6 mi
- Historic Mineral Point: 10.5 mi
- Wisconsin Territory: 10.7 mi
- First Capitol Historical Site: 0.7 mi
- Platte Mound M: 3.0 mi
- Waterfall: 8.5 mi
- Pendarvis Historic Site: 11.1 mi
- Shullsburg factory tour: 14.8 mi
- Little Mound: 2.1 mi
- Platte Mounds: 2.9 mi
- White Hill: 16.8 mi
- Charles Mound: 19.1 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 19.5 mi
- The Mining and Rollo Jamison Museum: 6.8 mi
- Wisconsin Odd Fellow Rebekah Museum: 10.6 mi
- The Lafayette County Historical Society Depot Museum: 13.2 mi
- Badger Mine and Museum: 14.9 mi
- Berry Tavern: 16.9 mi
- Belmont Mound State Park: 0.1 mi
- Belmont Prairie State Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Platteville Mound Park: 3.0 mi
- Ipswich Prairie State Natural Area: 6.2 mi
- SW WI Grassland & Stream Conservation Area - Davis Unit: 12.0 mi
- Spring House: 21.0 mi
- Cleary Spring: 21.5 mi
- Big Spring: 21.6 mi
- Marsden Well: 24.9 mi
- Pendarvis: 11.1 mi
- Sinnipee: 20.6 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 23.9 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 18.0 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 20.9 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 22.3 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 16.6 mi
- Stephens Falls: 21.0 mi
- Enee Point: 20.4 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 24.7 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 24.8 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Belmont Mound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | W 263° | 435 m | 2.9 mi |
| Little Mound | WSW 257° | 389 m | 2.1 mi |
| White Hill | SSE 159° | 381 m | 16.8 mi |
| Charles Mound | SSE 163° | 374 m | 19.1 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NE 38° | 371 m | 21.4 mi |
| Dunbar Hill | NNE 18° | 366 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Sumner | SSE 153° | 357 m | 23.4 mi |
| Scales Mound | S 169° | 356 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:36 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:45 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/349443915
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 25 mi
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