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Charles Mound

376 m1,234 ft
Prominence
30 m98 ft
Isolation
4.2 km
Tonight
53°FCloudy · Wind 5–10 mph SE

Charles Mound is a 376 m (1,234 ft) mountain in Illinois, United States.

All facts
Elevation
376 m · 1,234 ft
Region
Illinois, United States
Coordinates
42.5042° N, 90.2400° W
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3D map

Charles Mound 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Charles Mound terrain and contours

5 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 25 mShowing west → east through the summit

Charles Mound elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Charles Mound weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 53°F (12°C) · 3% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph SE

Charles Mound forecast for the summit, about 336 m.

  • Tonight53°3%5–10 mph SE
  • Sat53°71°4%10 mph S
  • Sun51°71°–0–5 mph S
  • Mon47°63°12%10 mph NE
  • Tue50°62°23%5–10 mph SE
  • Wed49°67°18%5–10 mph S
  • Thu43°62°18%5–10 mph W

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:46 UTC.

Slope

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
99.7%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.3%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view
117 m low point 260 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Cropland 71.9%Grassland 15.3%Trees 11.7%Built-up 1.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Charles Mound sits

Region
Illinois6United States932North America1,313
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Charles Mound downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 376 m at the summit; the official height is 376 m.Official 376 m30 m model 380 mThis map 376 m

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)376 m—
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)376 m0 m
Copernicus GLO-30380 m+4 m
Copernicus GLO-90376 m0 m

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-09-29)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia