Ghost town · Arkansas
Gaskins
Gaskins is a ghost town in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 302 m. Whitney Mountain stands 552 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Leatherwood Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway passes 6.3 miles off.
extinct town in Arkansas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates36.44528, -93.74333
- 6.3 mi off the Sugar Camp Scenic Byway
- 28.5 mi off the Ozark Mountain Highroad
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Miles Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Mount Oberammergau: 2.9 mi
- Huckleberry Point: 3.4 mi
- Boat Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Sugar Mountain: 4.7 mi
Parks
- Lake Leatherwood Park: 1.1 mi
- Harmon Park: 2.4 mi
- Eureka Springs Music Park Public Restrooms: 2.4 mi
- Magetic Springs Park: 2.5 mi
- Carnegie Spring Park: 2.6 mi
Cliffs: 31
- Inspiration Point: 2.4 mi
- Poker Bluff: 2.5 mi
- Wallace Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Salts Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Crane Roost Bluff: 4.7 mi
Artworks: 15
- Berlin Wall Segment: 2.7 mi
- Christ of the Ozarks: 2.7 mi
- Humpty Dumpty Statue: 3.0 mi
- Art Wall: 3.1 mi
- Checkered cover sidewalk: 22.0 mi
Museums: 12
- Sacred Arts Museum: 2.9 mi
- Bible Museum: 3.0 mi
- Holy Land Tour: 3.0 mi
- Eureka Springs Historical Museum: 3.2 mi
- Art Museum: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 9
- Civil War Healing: 3.0 mi
- Clemens House site: 14.8 mi
- Confederate Monument: 15.2 mi
- Reunited Soldiery Monument: 15.2 mi
- Navy Anchor: 22.1 mi
Springs: 7
- Grotto Spring: 2.4 mi
- Magnetic Springs: 2.5 mi
- Crescent Spring: 2.6 mi
- Congress Spring: 2.7 mi
- Harding Spring: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Pilot Knob Conservation Area: 12.3 mi
- John Baumgardt Memorial Conservation Area: 12.4 mi
- Hobbs State Park Conservation Area: 16.0 mi
- Flag Spring Conservation Area: 20.7 mi
- Searles Prairie: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Winona Springs: 8.5 mi
- Hailey: 18.5 mi
- Monte Ne: 21.2 mi
- Radical: 21.8 mi
- Roark: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Tea Kettle Falls: 12.5 mi
- Road 299 Falls: 13.9 mi
- Eagle's Nest Falls: 16.1 mi
- Glory B Falls: 17.4 mi
Gardens: 3
- Pa's Posey Patch: 13.9 mi
- Vera Key Victorian Garden: 22.3 mi
- Rogers Historial Museum Gardens: 22.3 mi
Attractions: 2
- Aviation Cadet World: 2.9 mi
- Beebe's Roaring River Waterslide: 11.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
- short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 12.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Natural Bridge: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 1
- Aunts Creek Beach: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Gaskins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Mountain | WSW 253° | 552 m | 10.1 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | ESE 122° | 552 m | 16.5 mi |
| Pond Mountain | S 188° | 542 m | 5.8 mi |
| Swain Mountain | S 186° | 540 m | 10.7 mi |
| Rich Mountain | W 262° | 535 m | 10.4 mi |
| Miller Mountain | ESE 121° | 532 m | 17.2 mi |
| Brushy Knobs | ESE 111° | 531 m | 11.6 mi |
| Brother Knobs | ESE 108° | 526 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:24 | 17:04 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seligman, 13 mi away.
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