Artwork · Arkansas
Launch Intention
Launch Intention is an artwork in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 394 m. Whitney Mountain stands 552 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Grove, a garden 0.1 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Coordinates36.36386, -94.20660
- 23.2 mi off the Sugar Camp Scenic Byway
- 23.8 mi off the Cherokee Hills Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Austin-Baggett Park: 0.2 mi
- Durham Place Park: 0.3 mi
- Train Station Park: 0.3 mi
- Gilmore Park: 0.4 mi
- Town Branch Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
- Callahan Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 10.4 mi
- Round Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Tatter Knob: 11.6 mi
- Elkhorn Mountain: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 53
- Buckyball: 0.3 mi
- "Peace Sign": 0.4 mi
- Now is Better: 0.5 mi
- Deconstructed Barn: 0.9 mi
- Group of Bears: 1.0 mi
Gardens: 51
- The Grove: 0.1 mi
- Compton Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Rogers Historial Museum Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Vera Key Victorian Garden: 5.4 mi
- Buckingham Garden: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Eden Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Devils Head Bluff: 10.4 mi
- McElhaney Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Helton Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Martin Bluff: 13.3 mi
Nature reserves: 17
- Cambridge Wetland Prairies: 2.9 mi
- Searles Prairie: 3.5 mi
- Pinnacle Open Space: 3.6 mi
- Powell Towersite: 12.5 mi
- Hobbs State Park Conservation Area: 15.6 mi
Museums: 15
- Bentonville History Museum office: 0.3 mi
- The Peel Mansion Museum & Heritage Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Scott Family Amazeum: 1.2 mi
- Museum of Native American History: 1.5 mi
- Daisy Airgun Museum: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 14
- Founding of Benton County: 1.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Frisco Caboose: 5.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.1 mi
- WWI field artillery: 6.1 mi
Attractions: 7
- Sky Zone: 7.1 mi
- KCS Decatur Depot: 14.3 mi
- KCS Caboose Number 383: 14.3 mi
- Kansas CIty Southern RR Noel Depot: 19.9 mi
- UARK Bowl: 20.6 mi
Springs: 4
- Anderson Spring: 6.8 mi
- Cave Spring: 7.2 mi
- Elm Spring: 11.0 mi
- Greathouse Spring: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Monte Ne: 9.3 mi
- Blewford: 15.2 mi
- Eldorado Springs: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Tanyard Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
- short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Launch Intention. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Mountain | E 81° | 552 m | 16.3 mi |
| Rich Mountain | ENE 75° | 535 m | 16.0 mi |
| Round Mountain | SSE 155° | 532 m | 23.2 mi |
| Devils Eye Brow | ENE 64° | 525 m | 16.1 mi |
| Trimble Mountain | ENE 68° | 524 m | 17.5 mi |
| Humphery Mountain | ENE 76° | 522 m | 14.4 mi |
| Pond Mountain | ENE 78° | 522 m | 15.1 mi |
| Sugar Mountain | ENE 69° | 521 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bentonville 4 S, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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