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Mound View Single Track Trail–Prairie View Trail, 3 sights

3.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Mound View Single Track Trail–Prairie View Trail, 3 sights is a 3.2-mile out-and-back near Platteville, WI. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi915 – 1,030 ft3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.73439, -90.44074
Nearest town Platteville, WI
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Mound View Single Track Trail–Prairie View Trail, 3 sights

3.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 916–1,029 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 42.73439, -90.44074

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right onto Rountree Branch Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto Mound View State Trail, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rountree Branch Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.9 miTurn right onto Prairie View Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mound View Single Track Trail, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Prairie View Trail, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftReach Rountree Branch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mound View Single Track Trail, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Prairie View Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rountree Branch Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Mound View State Trail, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Rountree Branch Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mound-view-single-track-trail-prairie-view-trail-out-back-3-sights-5-km

Trail surface

78% paved18% gravel1% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:50 AMSunset 7:01 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 7:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:24 PM — 6 min before dark.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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