Clinton County High Point Trip Report
Date: December 28, 2001
Author: John Mitchler
I followed Jon Mann's trip report but needed to follow the topo as some of the mileage readings seemed a bit off.
Perhaps it might be easier (though longer) to simply to follow IL 127 south of Carlyle and take IL
161 west to Royal Lake Road.
The west HP area lies on a grassy rise along the county road. The east HP area is a distinct rise in the woods.
Although heavily posted as Jon describes, I parked along the road to the west area.
A local resident stopped me and this led to a most amazing discussion about the area and me being invited to
his cabin (immediately east of the HP area at the base of the cliff). Here I enjoyed a beer as he and his
friends built a bonfire at an old resort he bought. The swimming pond is on the topo, just north of "500"
east of the HP area. He knew that there were two areas and claimed the mound on the east area is of Indian origin.
He liked my idea to contact a local vocational college and have the survey students measure both
areas as some sort of class assignment. I am most welcome to return here.