Over-the-Jumps Carousel
Over-the-Jumps Carousel is an attraction in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 122 m. Moss Mountain stands 337 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library & Learning Center, a park 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 65 miles off.
The story
The Over-the-Jumps Carousel, also known as the Herschell-Spillman Carousel, is a historic carousel at the Little Rock Zoo in Little Rock, Arkansas. Built in the 1920s and first exhibited at the 1924 Arkansas State Fair, it is believed to be the last operating "over-the-jumps" carousel in the world, with an original undulating wooden platform mounted on a 1960s-vintage caterpillar drive. The horses were carved by the Spillman Engineering Company. After many years of private ownership, the carousel was acquired by a local nonprofit group and donated to the zoo in 2007. The carousel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
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Wikidata Q22058704, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 64.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library & Learning Center: 0.2 mi
- War Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Oak Forest Park: 0.7 mi
- University Park: 1.1 mi
- Allsopp Park: 1.1 mi
- Esporta Fitness Mural: 0.8 mi
- Water is Life: 0.8 mi
- Mallards on the Arkansas River: 0.8 mi
- Save the Babies: 0.8 mi
- Don't Hurt bambi: 0.9 mi
- Big Rock Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Allis Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Ermentraudt Mountain: 5.8 mi
- South Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Round Hill: 6.2 mi
- Fallen Fire Fights of Arkansas: 2.2 mi
- Granite Mountain Boulder: 2.2 mi
- Bauxite Boulder: 2.2 mi
- Ten Commandments: 2.2 mi
- War Prisoners' Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Daisy Bates House: 2.9 mi
- Mosaic Templars Cultural Center: 3.0 mi
- Joseph Taylor Robinson House: 3.2 mi
- Museum of Black Arkansans and Performing Arts: 3.2 mi
- Old State House: 3.2 mi
- William E. "Bill" Clark Wetlands: 3.9 mi
- Pinnacle Mountain State Park: 10.5 mi
- Bell Slough State Wildlife Management Area: 14.6 mi
- Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area: 14.8 mi
- Camp Robinson Special Use Area (SUA): 15.6 mi
- Arkansas State Fairgrounds: 2.3 mi
- Hoga (YT-146): 3.6 mi
- USS Razorback: 3.6 mi
- The Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center: 3.7 mi
- MacArthur Visits City Park: 3.7 mi
- Woodruff Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- The Bernice Garden: 3.3 mi
- Arkansas Arboretum: 10.5 mi
- 110 Building Master Naturalist Garden: 23.3 mi
- Cato Point: 13.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 21.1 mi
- I 40 Truck Rest Area Eastbound: 20.1 mi
- I 40 Truck Rest Area Westbound: 20.1 mi
- Pavilion 1: 2.9 mi
- Quapaw Mineral Spring: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Over-the-Jumps Carousel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Mountain | WNW 287° | 337 m | 20.2 mi |
| Fall Mountain | WNW 287° | 332 m | 21.2 mi |
| Shinall Mountain | WNW 291° | 320 m | 10.2 mi |
| High Point | WNW 285° | 319 m | 22.9 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NW 306° | 308 m | 11.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | WNW 286° | 295 m | 20.5 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | WNW 290° | 280 m | 9.0 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | WNW 290° | 277 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:24 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Rock AP Adams FLD, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 89002065OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Herschell--Spillman Carousel, reference 89002065, listed 12/01/89.
OpenStreetMap element way/510352493
Day trips start here
- Little Rock · 1 mi
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