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Blue Mounds

Blue Mounds, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Mounds rises to 524 m in Wisconsin. Bunker Hill stands 371 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is C-47 Plane Crash Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q35728322, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
524 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.02798, -89.85257

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mounds View Park: 1.1 mi
  • Hidden Mounds Park: 1.7 mi
  • Quail Ridge Park: 2.0 mi
  • Kittleson Krest Park: 2.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Emmett Schulte Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Epic Community Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Forward Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Theme Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Native American Garden: 14.8 mi
Artworks: 48
  • Toy Soldier: 14.5 mi
  • St Andrew's Mary Statue: 16.4 mi
  • Allied Community Obelisk: 19.9 mi
  • Community: 19.9 mi
  • Bison Prairie Gateway Bisons: 20.3 mi
Attractions: 39
Peaks: 32
Museums: 20
  • Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society: 5.9 mi
  • Black Earth Children's Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Nick Engelbert's Grandview Folk Art Environment: 11.7 mi
  • Blanchardville Museum: 15.0 mi
  • National Mustard Museum: 17.9 mi
Beaches: 19
Springs: 9
  • Big Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Riley Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Spring House: 12.6 mi
  • Spring House: 14.0 mi
  • Springs: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 14.9 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Train Car: 14.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bunker HillW 265°371 m11.8 mi
Dunbar HillWNW 285°366 m18.4 mi
Indian CastleNW 325°354 m4.2 mi
Sugarloaf HillNNE 24°346 m20.0 mi
Hogback HillN 0°329 m23.7 mi
Pine KnobNNW 335°327 m5.7 mi
Bigelow HillWNW 294°322 m21.2 mi
Point Jude / Point JudithNW 305°322 m23.3 mi

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 5080 °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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/349444021

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