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About Scales Mound, IL

Scales Mound is a small Illinois town of 463 people in the state's hilly northwest corner, about 15 miles from Galena via US Route 20. The area sits over 1,200 feet above sea level in the unique Driftless region, where steep hills and valleys create unusual terrain for Illinois. Apple Canyon Lake nearby offers recreation, while the town itself was named for Native American burial mounds that early settlers thought looked like fish scales on a hillside.

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Scales Mound, IL is in United States, at 42.475, -90.252 - about 12 km south of Shullsburg, WI.

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The closest airport to Scales Mound, IL is Dubuque Regional Airport, 55 km (about 56 min by car).

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