The two hills crowning Fillmore County are in an agricultural area. When I visited there on November 6, 2004, the crops that had been there had been harvested, but not plowed.
I had just left Houston County, taking Minnesota State Highway 16 through Preston, then south on Fillmore County Road 5 for 6.9 miles, then right onto C.R. 14, then at 1.2 miles, parked in an approach on the east side of the road.
Although the topographical map looks like there is an improved road going straight east from C.R. 14, then making a right angle south toward a strip mine, in fact, it is a field road, driveable if one wishes, that ends where the map shows it turning south. I chose not to drive that way, having just escaping a stuck situation in Winona County.
So I hiked from the road to the first summit in 7 minutes.
The first hill is in a soybean field that was recently harvested.
The second hill was in a recently harvested corn field, which I encountered after a 2 minute walk.
The Geological marker that was shown on the map just southeast of the second hill is either gone or not marked. I didn't feel like walking around looking for it. Experience has taught me that anything in a field not marked with a flag marker will eventually be plowed up.
The above picture is a view of my truck on the field approach from the second (southern) summit.
I returned essentially the same way I came, taking a total of 18 minutes for the expedition.
The day was dragging on and I had only accomplished two county high points. I was eager to get to my next stop, Mower County, so I got back on the gravel road going north to C.R. 14, where I turned left. I stayed on that road for 13.2 miles (it turned to gravel after passing C.R. 1), and continued on.
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Minnesota Atlas & Gazeteer by Delorme, 3rd Edition, 2001.
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