AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Mound View Single Track Trail & Prairie View Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Mound View Single Track Trail & Prairie View Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back near Platteville, WI. It is mostly level, with 191 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi886 – 1,030 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.72575, -90.45320
Nearest town Platteville, WI
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Mound View Single Track Trail & Prairie View Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 884–1,030 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 42.72575, -90.45320

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 250 ftSharp left onto David Canny Rountree Branch Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 450 ftContinue straight onto Rountree Branch Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Prairie View Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mound View Single Track Trail, heading N.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Prairie View Trail, heading N.
  13. 100 ftTurn left onto Mound View Single Track Trail, heading N.
  14. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Prairie View Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.3 miReach Prairie View Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto Mound View Single Track Trail, heading S.
  20. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  21. 350 ftTurn right onto Prairie View Trail, heading SE.
  22. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mound View Single Track Trail, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Prairie View Trail, heading SE.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right onto Rountree Branch Trail, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left onto David Canny Rountree Branch Trail, heading SE.
  26. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  27. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  28. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  30. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  32. 450 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-9-km

Trail surface

32% paved26% gravel4% dirt38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:45 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:05 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:33 PM.

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