Little Mound
Little Mound rises to 389 m in Wisconsin. Platte Mounds stands 435 m to the west, 0.8 miles off. Great River Road passes 14 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Wisconsin, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49045155, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 389 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 30.4 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: 2.0 mi
- Prairie View Park: 3.8 mi
- Mound View Park: 3.8 mi
- Legion Park: 4.2 mi
- Highland Park: 4.6 mi
- Igor the Mouse: 20.1 mi
- Kerouac Quotation: 22.5 mi
- An Ode to the River: 22.5 mi
- RBG: 22.6 mi
- Owl's Moon: 22.6 mi
- Belmont - Wisconsin Territory 1836: 1.5 mi
- 1998 Wisconsin Assembly: 1.5 mi
- Governor Tommy G. Thompson's 1998 Address at Wisconsin's First Capitol: 1.5 mi
- Old Rock Church: 10.6 mi
- Historic Mineral Point: 12.4 mi
- Platte Mound M: 0.9 mi
- First Capitol Historical Site: 1.5 mi
- Pendarvis Historic Site: 13.0 mi
- The Grotto: 14.0 mi
- Shullsburg factory tour: 15.3 mi
- The Mining and Rollo Jamison Museum: 4.7 mi
- Wisconsin Odd Fellow Rebekah Museum: 12.5 mi
- The Lafayette County Historical Society Depot Museum: 14.8 mi
- Badger Mine and Museum: 15.4 mi
- Passage Thru Time Museum: 17.1 mi
- Platte Mounds: 0.8 mi
- Belmont Mound: 2.1 mi
- White Hill: 17.3 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 18.1 mi
- Charles Mound: 19.4 mi
- Platteville Mound Park: 0.9 mi
- Belmont Mound State Park: 2.1 mi
- Belmont Prairie State Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Ipswich Prairie State Natural Area: 4.8 mi
- SW WI Grassland & Stream Conservation Area - Davis Unit: 13.7 mi
- Big Spring: 21.9 mi
- Cleary Spring: 22.3 mi
- Spring House: 22.6 mi
- Marsden Well: 24.2 mi
- Pendarvis: 13.1 mi
- Sinnipee: 18.7 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 22.0 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 14.5 mi
- Stephens Falls: 22.6 mi
- Thunder Bay Falls: 25.0 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 18.9 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 22.5 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 23.9 mi
- Enee Point: 22.0 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 24.2 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 23.0 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 23.0 mi
- Hosta Garden: 24.4 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Mound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Mounds | W 278° | 435 m | 0.8 mi |
| Belmont Mound | ENE 77° | 427 m | 2.1 mi |
| White Hill | SSE 152° | 381 m | 17.3 mi |
| Charles Mound | SSE 157° | 374 m | 19.4 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | WSW 243° | 374 m | 23.4 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NE 42° | 371 m | 23.1 mi |
| Dunbar Hill | NNE 22° | 366 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Sumner | SSE 148° | 357 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/349446384
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 23 mi
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