Friendship Mound
natural mound in Adams County, Wisconsin, United States
Friendship Mound (also known as Rocky Bluff) is a castellated mound, located just north of the village of Friendship, Adams County, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the highest point in Adams County, with an elevation of 1,290–1,300 feet (390–400 m), and a prominence of 330 feet (100 m). (Note, however that the adjacent Roche-A-Cri Mound in Roche-A-Cri State Park is locally regarded as "not far behind".) Friendship Lake is also adjacent to this mound (notably separated by Wisconsin Highway 13).
“Friendship Mound” enters the record as natural mound in Adams County, Wisconsin, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Friendship, Mound and natural can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q30623971. Authority coordinates are 43.984, -89.817. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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