Belmont Mound State Park

Geobox|Protected area
name = Belmont Mound State Park
category = Wisconsin State Park
category_iucn = V


image_caption =
country = United States
country_

state = Wisconsin
state_

state_type = State
region_type = County
region = Lafayette
city_type = City
city = Belmont
lat_d = 42
lat_m = 46
lat_s = 7
lat_NS = N
long_d = 90
long_m = 20
long_s = 58
long_EW = W
area_unit = acre
area_imperial =
area_round = 1
established = 1961
map_locator = Wisconsin


management_body = Belmont Lions Club

Belmont Mound State Park is a Wisconsin state park containing Belmont Mound, a 400-foot (120 m) hill topped by a 64-foot (19.5 m) observation tower. The park is managed by the Belmont Lions Club rather than the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Belmont Mound is an outlier of the Niagara Escarpment, one of several in this part of the unglaciated Driftless Area. "Belmont" is an anglicisation of the French name "Belle Monte", meaning "beautiful mountain." A portion of the park received further protection in 1981 when Belmont Mound Woods State Natural Area was added to the Wisconsin State Natural Areas Program. The park is for day-use only; there are picnic facilities but no campground. The First Capitol Historic Site, where the first session of the Wisconsin Territory Legislature met beginning on October 25, 1836, is located just west of the park entrance.

External links

* [http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/sna/sna167.htm Belmont Mound Woods State Natural Area] official website