Blue Mounds, Wisconsin

About Blue Mounds

Blue Mounds, WI is a tiny community located in southern Wisconsin counting 918 people who proudly call it home.

Blue Mounds holds the status of an incorporated village, one of the most intimate forms of local government in America. The community covers 0.88 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,043 residents per square mile.

📰 Blue Mounds News Today

• Hundreds trying to enter Blue Mounds dog breeding facility met with rubber bullets, pepper spray PBS Wisconsin · Apr 19
• Edward T. Straus Obituary Jul 22, 2026 gorgenfh.com · Jul 30
• Dane County Sheriff’s Office announces arrests after Ridglan Farms break-in WMTV 15 NEWS · Mar 16
• 20 people arrested, some beagles unaccounted for after break-in at Ridglan Farms WKOW · Mar 16
• What to know about Ridglan Farms, animal testing and the activists working to free the beagles WUWM · May 12

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Blue Mounds Unique

• The only place in America named Blue Mounds — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southern Wisconsin, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Wisconsin — one of 808 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Blue Mounds

• Hooterville Inn — american
• Obertalvin Coffee House — coffee shop (café)
• The Hazelnut Cafe — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Cave of the Mounds · Attraction
• Hauge Log Church
• Havens Petting Farm · Zoo
• Little Norway · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Blue Mounds

• Blue Mound State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Blue Mounds Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Brigham County Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Erbe Grassland Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Evenson/Ryan Prairie · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hauge Historic District Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hidden Mounds Park reviews ★
• Mounds View Park reviews ★
• Thomson Memorial Prairie · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Blue Mounds

🏘️ Nearby Communities