AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Mound View Single Track Trail & Prairie View Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 49 min

Mound View Single Track Trail & Prairie View Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Platteville, WI. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi892 – 942 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: David Canny Rountree Branch Trail 42.72911, -90.47182
Nearest town Platteville, WI
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Mound View Single Track Trail & Prairie View Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 49 min

Elevation 892–941 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: David Canny Rountree Branch Trail · 42.72911, -90.47182

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on David Canny Rountree Branch Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 500 ftContinue straight onto Rountree Branch Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Prairie View Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mound View Single Track Trail, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Prairie View Trail, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftReach Prairie View Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mound View Single Track Trail, heading E.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Prairie View Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right onto Rountree Branch Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto David Canny Rountree Branch Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.6 miArrive 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-4-km

Trail surface

63% paved32% gravel1% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 7:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:32 PM — 1 min before dark.

More sunset hikes nearby

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

More from David Canny Rountree Branch Trail Trailhead

Hikes near Platteville, Wisconsin