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. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
ghost town in Arkansas, United States
How to reach it
- 37.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
59 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
- Fargo City Park: 11.4 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
- Lost Hill: 5.5 mi
- Sand Hill: 6.8 mi
- Rafes Hill: 9.8 mi
- Hacks Hill: 10.3 mi
- Little Greenbrier Hill: 13.4 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 |
| Hacks Hill | WNW 294° | 59 m | 10.3 mi |
| Big Greenbrier Hill | W 266° | 59 m | 14.0 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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