Charles Mound[3] is a gentle, 1,235-foot (376 m) high hill located in Scales Mound Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the small town of Scales Mound, and 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Galena. Despite its name, Charles Mound is a naturally occurring, erosional feature and is not to be confused with the intentional mounds created by native cultures. It is the highest natural point in the state and is thus considered a state highpoint. It is the lowest state highpoint in the Midwestern region of the United States.
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CharlesMound is a gentle, 1,235-foot (376 m) high hill located in Scales Mound Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. It is 2 miles (3...
television analyst on TNT and CBS Sports. Nicknamed "Sir Charles", "the Bread Truck", and "the Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley played 16 seasons in the National...
Many pre-Columbian cultures in North America were collectively termed "Mound Builders", but the term has no formal meaning. It does not refer to specific...
Illinois includes the hilly areas around the Shawnee National Forest. CharlesMound, located in the Driftless region, has the state's highest natural elevation...
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tumulus (pl.: tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or (in Siberia and Central...
highest points in the state, of which "the most notable are CharlesMound and Benton Mound, rising to heights of 1,246 feet (380 m) and 1,226 feet (374 m)...
ceremonial goods, including pipes and animal effigies. Charles F. Kettering bought the mound and turned it into a park in 1920. It was turned over to...
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Burial Mound is a prehistoric mound on the Charles Deering Estate. It is one of the few surviving prehistoric mounds in Miami-Dade County. The mound is about...
square miles (6,020 km2); Lake Michigan accounts for most of this. CharlesMound in the northwest Driftless Area is the highest point in the state at...
were determined to be younger than the primary mounds. Mound 2 was re-explored and afterwards rebuilt. Mound 17, a previously undisturbed burial, was found...
regionally. It was known for building large, earthen platform mounds, and often other shaped mounds as well. It was composed of a series of urban settlements...
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Waddams Hill. It also runs close to the highest point in Illinois, CharlesMound, and the Illinois-Wisconsin border. The route can be used as an alternative...
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USGS Peak White Cap Peak White Mountain West Williams Peak Bald Knob CharlesMound, highest summit of the State of Illinois Chestnut Mountain Mount Sunflower...