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Sub Rosa

Sub Rosa from directly overhead

Sub Rosa is a ghost town in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Signal Hill stands 837 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Creek Mountain, a peak 2.6 miles away. Pig Trail Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

ghost town in Arkansas

How to reach it

Coordinates35.39175, -93.94659

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mill Creek Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Grand Ridge: 8.6 mi
  • Fisher Mountain: 8.6 mi
  • Horseshoe Mountain: 9.0 mi
  • Coal Ridge: 9.7 mi
Parks
  • Citadel Bluff Park: 5.7 mi
  • White Oak Park: 7.0 mi
  • Ozark Soccer Complex: 8.5 mi
  • West City Park: 8.9 mi
  • West Side Park: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 29
Springs: 10
  • Sand Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Fugit Springs: 20.9 mi
  • Mullers Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Slocum Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Cold Spring: 21.6 mi
Historic sites: 6
Museums: 4
  • Belle Museum & Chapel: 8.4 mi
  • Ozark Area Depot Museum: 9.4 mi
  • Logan County "Old Jail" Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Chaffee Barbershop Museum: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Historic Homesteads: 17.1 mi
  • World's Largest Christmas Pickle: 22.4 mi
  • Byrd’s Adventure Center: 22.9 mi
  • Buckman's Pool: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • The Window: 21.9 mi
  • Needle's Eye: 22.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • The Flower Tower: 22.4 mi
  • NUMA Bronze Statue: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Sub Rosa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal HillSE 132°837 m23.0 mi
Magazine MountainSE 132°837 m23.0 mi
Pilot KnobN 358°711 m21.3 mi
Bowles MountainN 359°707 m22.3 mi
White Rock MountainN 358°701 m20.8 mi
Potato Knob MountainN 5°687 m23.4 mi
Parker MountainN 11°686 m22.9 mi
Carter MountainNE 36°657 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:28
June solstice06:0219:5720:35
September equinox07:0418:4119:14
December solstice07:2216:2817:08

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384351606877818073625041
Precip in3.53.34.85.05.84.93.54.24.04.74.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ozark 2, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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