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Land was added in 1955 and 1961, at which point the name was changed to Blue Mounds State Park. More lands were authorized in 1963 and 1965 to include the whole of Blue Mound and property to either side. The state bought Frederick Manfred's house in 1972 to turn into an interpretive center, although they let him live there for three more years ...
Blue Mound State Park is a state park in Wisconsin, United States, located atop the largest hill in the southern half of the state, near the village of Blue Mounds.The 1,153-acre (467 ha) park features a pair of observation towers affording views of the Wisconsin River valley and Baraboo Range to the north, the mounds, buttes, and rolling forests of the Driftless Area to the south and west ...
Blue Mound State Park: Dane: 1,153 467 1959 Ryan Creek: Contains observation towers atop the highest point in southern Wisconsin and the state park system's only swimming pool. [8] Brunet Island State Park: Chippewa: 1,225 496 1936 Chippewa and Fisher Rivers: Preserves a 179-acre (72 ha) island and backwater channels popular with canoeists. [9 ...
Blue Mound or Blue Mounds may refer to any of several places in the United States: Blue Mound, Illinois; Blue Mound, Kansas; Blue Mound (Vernon County, Missouri) Blue Mound, Texas; Blue Mound State Park in Wisconsin; Blue Mounds Fort in Wisconsin; Blue Mounds (town), Wisconsin; Blue Mounds, Wisconsin; Blue Mounds State Park in Minnesota; See also
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Nearby Blue Mound State Park was also formed from Brigham's land. [6] The park is the site of East Blue Mound, the highest point in Dane County at 1,489 feet (454 m). [7] The mound is the partner of the taller Blue Mound, which is the highest point in southern Wisconsin, and one of the two mounds that gives the village of Blue Mounds its name. [8]
The Great Mound is the largest of the ten earthworks in the Mounds State Park. The Great Mound is approximately 390 feet (120 m) across and consists of a circular outer embankment 9 feet (2.7 m) high and 63 feet (19 m) wide, surrounding a 60 feet (18 m) wide ditch that is 10.5 feet (3.2 m) deep.
On May 22, 2010, the Blue Mounds Fort marker was rededicated following a three-year fundraising effort by the Blue Mounds Area Historical Society. [4] [5] The marker, which was cleaned up and re-mounted on a chert boulder donated by Blue Mound State Park, sits on the site of the Fort, although it is not currently accessible by the public.