Trempealeau Mountain State Natural Area
| Trempealeau Mountain State Natural Area | |
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  Location within Wisconsin  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Trempealeau County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 44°01′16″N 91°29′46″W / 44.02111°N 91.49611°W[1] |
| Area | 90 acres (36 ha) |
| Elevation | 958 ft (292 m)[1] |
| Established | 2002[2] |
| Owner | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
| Website | Official website  |
| Wisconsin State Natural Areas | |
Trempealeau Mountain State Natural Area is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-designated State Natural Area consisting of a 425-foot conical rock mound surrounded on three sides by the Mississippi and Trempealeau Rivers. It is one of only 3 solid rock islands along the entire Mississippi River.[2]
Location and access
[edit]Trempealeau Mountain State Natural Area is located in western Trempealeau County approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Trempealeau within Perrot State Park. Access is via the Mississippi and Trempealeau Rivers.[3]
Description
[edit]Trempealeau Mountain is mostly wooded, dominated by black and white oak and basswood. In a hollow on the southeast-facing side, red oaks are found mixed with patches of interrupted ferns. On the cooler northeast-facing slopes, sugar maple and basswood dominate. The dry south-facing slopes contain small patches of dry prairie with big blue-stem, needle grass, side-oats grama, hairy grama, white and purple prairie-clover, prairie larkspur, and partridge pea. Numerous Native American mounds, burial sites, and habitation sites make this a rich archeological site. French explorers were among the first Europeans to explore the area and the name Trempealeau comes from the French, “la montagne qui trempe à l’eau” meaning “the mountain whose foot is bathed in water”.[2]
Gallery
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Trempealeau Mountain SNA (viewed from Brady's Bluff SNA)
Hollow on Trempealeau Mountain
View from Trempealeau Mountain peak
Exposed rockface at Trempealeau Mountain
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Trempealeau Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- 1 2 3 "Trempealeau Mountain". Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved June 16, 2026.
- ↑ Trempealeau Mountain State Natural Area (Map). Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved June 16, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Trempealeau Mountain State Natural Area Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Trempealeau Mountain State Natural Area Map Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources