Editing Scales Mound, Illinois (section)

===Topography===
Scales Mound is located in a region of the U.S. Midwest known as the [[Driftless Area]], so called because it escaped glaciation during the last ice age. It covers parts of Illinois, [[Wisconsin]], [[Minnesota]] and [[Iowa]]. The Illinois section is mostly limited to Jo Daviess County and small parts of [[Whiteside County, Illinois|Whiteside]] and [[Carroll County, Illinois|Carroll County]] in northwest Illinois. The topography of the area is characterized by hilly terrain and wooded ridges. Common features found in the Scales Mound area include [[canyon]]s, [[Cliff|bluffs]], [[ravine]]s and [[palisade]]s.<ref name=driftless>Suloway, Liane, Joselyn, Mark, and Brown, Patrick W. "[http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cwe/rra/site1.html Driftless Area]", ''Inventory of Resource Rich Areas in Illinois: An Evaluation of Ecological Resources'', Illinois Natural History Survey, 1996, Center for Wildlife Ecology, accessed May 17, 2008.</ref> Near Charles Mound, the highest point in Illinois at 1235 feet, Scales Mound is said to be "At the Top of Illinois".<ref>Galena Jo Daviess Visitors Guide, 2012</ref>