Charles Mound
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Charles Mound Highest Point in Illinois
Charles Mound is a gentle, 1,235-foot (376 m) high hill in northern Jo Daviess County, Illinois, near the small town of Scales Mound and 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Galena. It is the highest natural point in the state, thus is considered a highpoint. (The highest point is the Sears Tower.) The top of the hill is slightly less than one-half mile from the Wisconsin border. It is within the Driftless Area, a region of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, centered around Dubuque, Iowa, that was not covered or ground down by the last continental glaciers. The hill itself is an erosional remnant.
Charles Mound is a gentle, 1,235-foot (376 m) high hill in northern Jo Daviess County, Illinois, near the small town of Scales Mound and 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Galena. It is the highest natural point in the state, thus is considered a highpoint. (The highest point is the Sears Tower.) The top of the hill is slightly less than one-half mile from the Wisconsin border. It is within the Driftless Area, a region of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, centered around Dubuque, Iowa, that was not covered or ground down by the last continental glaciers. The hill itself is an erosional remnant.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mound
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Coordinates: 42°30'11"N 90°14'24"W
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