Platte Mounds
Platte Mounds rises to 435 m in Wisconsin. Belmont Mound stands 427 m to the east, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Platteville Mound Park, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 13 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Wisconsin, United States of America
Wikidata Q49062571, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 435 m
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 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: 2.7 mi
- Prairie View Park: 3.1 mi
- Mound View Park: 3.1 mi
- Legion Park: 3.5 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: 22.2 mi
- Portal: 22.2 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: 10.2 mi
- Historic Mineral Point: 13.0 mi
- Platte Mound M: 0.1 mi
- First Capitol Historical Site: 2.3 mi
- Waterfall: 6.2 mi
- The Grotto: 13.5 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: 15.6 mi
- Badger Mine and Museum: 15.9 mi
- Passage Thru Time Museum: 16.4 mi
- Little Mound: 0.8 mi
- Belmont Mound: 2.9 mi
- White Hill: 17.8 mi
- Sinsinawa Mound: 17.9 mi
- Big Rock: 19.6 mi
- Platteville Mound Park: 0.0 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
- 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: 21.2 mi
- Beach @ Black Hawk Lake Recreation Area: 19.1 mi
- Cox Hollow Beach: 23.0 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 24.4 mi
- Enee Point: 22.4 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 22.5 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 22.6 mi
- Hosta Garden: 24.4 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 13.7 mi
- Stephens Falls: 23.0 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Platte Mounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Mound | E 83° | 427 m | 2.9 mi |
| Little Mound | E 98° | 389 m | 0.8 mi |
| White Hill | SSE 150° | 381 m | 17.8 mi |
| Charles Mound | SSE 155° | 374 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sherrill Mound | WSW 241° | 374 m | 22.8 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NE 43° | 371 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Sumner | SSE 147° | 357 m | 24.5 mi |
| Scales Mound | SSE 162° | 356 m | 21.6 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 | 18:24 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1571590 — Platte Mounds, Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
OpenStreetMap element node/349447937
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 22 mi
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