Belmont Mound is part of the vast Niagara dolomite escarpment, a rock formation primarily running from Niagara Falls to eastern Wisconsin. The name means beautiful mountain and is covered with oak, maple, walnut, and basswood with white-tailed deer, raccoons, rabbits, wild turkeys, squirrels, and owls calling the woods their home. This hike loops around the mound and reaches a 40-foot observation tower with sweeping vistas of the valley below.