Cow Mound
Cow Mound is a ghost town in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Blockade Hill stands 68 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, a park 0.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 37 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
ghost town in Arkansas, United States
How to reach it
- 37.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
63 named places within 25 miles
- Cache River National Wildlife Refuge: 0.5 mi
- Cotton Plant City Park: 6.2 mi
- Bayou Des Arc State Game Area: 9.6 mi
- Des Arc Baseball Association: 10.7 mi
- Des Arc Baseball Association: 10.8 mi
- Lost Hill: 5.5 mi
- Sand Hill: 6.8 mi
- Rafes Hill: 9.8 mi
- Hacks Hill: 10.3 mi
- Lost Hill: 12.3 mi
- Peach Orchard Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Haleys Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Smokehouse Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Kings Bluff: 7.9 mi
- White Bluff: 9.6 mi
- American Legion Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Naval Combat at West Point: 18.6 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Memorial: 22.8 mi
- Action at Whitney’s Lane: 23.1 mi
- Taylor Bay Beach: 16.6 mi
- Higginson Lake Beach: 23.6 mi
- Higginson Beach: 23.6 mi
- Cotton Plant Museum: 6.2 mi
- Central Delta Depot Museum: 14.4 mi
- White River Rest Area - Westbound: 17.0 mi
- White River Rest Area - Eastbound: 17.1 mi
- Holloway Memorial Natural Area: 11.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cow Mound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blockade Hill | NNE 12° | 68 m | 20.2 mi |
| Sand Hill | WSW 237° | 63 m | 6.8 mi |
| Little Greenbrier Hill | W 267° | 61 m | 13.4 mi |
| Little Hill | S 189° | 61 m | 19.3 mi |
| Lost Hill | WSW 258° | 60 m | 5.5 mi |
| Rafes Hill | WNW 288° | 60 m | 9.8 mi |
| Lost Hill | WNW 295° | 60 m | 12.3 mi |
| Hacks Hill | WNW 294° | 59 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:46 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:19 | 16:58 |
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 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — DES ARC, 11 mi away.
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