Boone County High Point Trip Report
on Osage NE quadrangle
Date: August 4, 2001
Author: Hans Haustein
The Boone County highpoint is located in the southwestern part of the county. Boone County can be done
in the same trip as Carroll County, as they are less than four miles as the crow flies.
To reach the Boone County highpoint, I drove north from Compton on State Hwy. 43 for about six miles to
West Hilltop Road. Turning west on West Hilltop Road, I soon passed a church and Hilltop Cemetery. It is
about 1.75 miles to a gate on the north side of the road that is emblazoned with a large 'No Trespassing'
sign. Just to the west of the gate is a fence line that runs north and south, on the west side of the fence line
there are no postings. I parked along the side of the road (the first mile from Hwy. 43 is paved). There is an
old barbed wire fence that has fallen down in several places on the north side of the road. From the road my
GPS indicated that the highpoint is 0.17 miles north of the road.
I began walking through the woods, and as I reached the highpoint area I spooked up a big flock of turkeys
(about 30 or so). The highpoint area is pretty broad so some walking around is necessary. I went to the
center of the 2240 contour as indicated by my GPS and before my eyes hung a coke can on a dead limb.
This time I glanced under the can, to check for insects, and there I saw a very large wasp nest covered in
wasps so I decided getting stung was not worth signing the register.