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Illinois Three Peaks Journey
The rolling country around Galena brings together Illinois's distinctive northern mounds and rural horizons.
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Northwestern Illinois has a rolling upland character that differs markedly from the state's broad central plains. Charles Mound, Horseshoe Mound and Scales Mound sit in the Galena and Jo Daviess County landscape, making this a geographically focused selection of named hills rather than an attempt to create an alpine challenge.
The appeal lies in open rural horizons, wooded slopes and the shape of the country around historic Galena. Charles Mound supplies the state highpoint connection, while the other mounds keep the enquiry rooted in the same corner of Illinois. These are individual landscape destinations, and their inclusion does not imply identical access arrangements or a continuous public walking route between them.
The mountains
The three summits
Charles Mound
The Illinois state highpoint near the Wisconsin boundary.
Horseshoe Mound
A prominent mound in the countryside around Galena.
Scales Mound
A named hill in Illinois's far northwestern uplands.
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