Rountree Branch Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Rountree Branch Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back near Platteville, WI. It is mostly level, with 169 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rountree Branch Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 884–1,012 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.73099, -90.46212
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto David Canny Rountree Branch Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Rountree Branch Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Mound View State Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rountree Branch Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Rountree Branch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mound View State Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rountree Branch Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto David Canny Rountree Branch Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 5:39 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rountree Branch Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 114 ft
- Rountree Branch Trail 5 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Rountree Branch Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- David Canny Rountree Branch Trail 3 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- David Canny Rountree Branch Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Rountree Branch Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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