Ocooch Mountains

The Ocooch Mountains is the Native American name given to the portion of the Driftless Region falling within southwest Wisconsin roughly between Belmont and Mineral Point to the south and Viroqua on the west. Encompassing Richland, Crawford, Vernon, and parts of Iowa, Sauk, and Grant counties. The region contains heights ranging from 550 to 1800 feet. Notables are Wildcat Mountain (Mt. Pisguh) (1260'), Sauk Point (1553') and the Blue Mounds (1719') at the far east of the ranges.^[1]

The area was originally inhabited by the Sauk people called the Ocooch, but later settled by Scandinavian immigrants.

Activities in the mountains include fishing, canoeing, hunting, hiking, downhill and cross-country skiing, cycling, horseback riding, golfing, bird watching, and snowmobiling.

Notes

1. ^ http://www.kickapoovalley.org/Kickapoo.htm