413:. The battlefield is located within the Black Hawk Unit of the state managed and owned Lower Wisconsin State Riverway, along Highway 78, about a mile south of County Road Y, south of Sauk City. There are trails, a historic marker and a parking area at the site. Though the area around the battle site does not include modern amenities, such as plumbing and toilets, the trails within the Black Hawk Unit of the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway stretch three miles (5 km) over rugged terrain. One of the trails, the Wisconsin Heights Battlefield Trail, branches from the main loop and travels through the battle site.
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933:U.S. people
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427:Indian Wars
405:Battlefield
344:Sauk County
340:Dane County
293:Great Lakes
243:Indian Wars
166: /
142:Coordinates
135:Sauk County
122:, Wisconsin
120:Dane County
1444:Categories
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1163:Plum River
1143:Fort Beggs
954:Hugh Brady
875:Potawatomi
806:Towaunonne
786:Black Hawk
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154:89°43′5″W
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1118:Illinois
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839:Ho-Chunk
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289:Fox Wars
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239:Fox Wars
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979:Militia
920:Wapello
865:Oshkosh
829:Wapasha
796:Neapope
307:to the
253:History
1250:Helena
1148:Galena
1111:Places
1061:Others
915:Keokuk
821:Dakota
700:May 9,
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