Rattlesnake Knob

Rattlesnake Knob is a summit in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the United States.[1] With an elevation of 1,204 feet (367 m), Rattlesnake Knob is the 105th highest summit in the state of Wisconsin.[2] The summit lies adjacent to the Haystack Hills and about five miles west of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin along route H.[3]

Rattlesnake Knob was named for the rattlesnakes seen there by settlers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Rattlesnake Knob". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Rattlesnake Knob". Peakery.com. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Wisconsin Dells South, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1975
  4. ↑ Cole, Harry Ellsworth (1918). A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 415.

Coordinates: 43°37′26″N 89°52′28″W / 43.62389°N 89.87444°W / 43.62389; -89.87444


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