Confederate Soldiers Monument
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Confederate Soldiers Monument is a historic site in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Moss Mountain stands 337 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is C.G. "Crip" Hall Marker, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 63 miles off.
The story
The Arkansas Confederate Soldiers Monument, also known as Defense of the Flag, is located on the east side of the Arkansas State Capitol grounds in Little Rock, just off 4th Street. It is a five-tiered marble structure, topped by a bronze statue of an angel standing on a sphere, and a bronze Confederate Army soldier on the front of its fourth tier. It was erected in 1904–05, with funding from a variety of sources, including the state, primarily through the efforts of a consortium of Confederate memorial groups. Originally located prominently near the main eastern entrance to the capitol building, it was later moved to the northeast lawn. The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1905.
Wikidata Q22022185, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 62.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Sun Dial: 0.1 mi
- Camdeboo: 1.0 mi
- Nautilus: 1.0 mi
- Love Birds: 1.0 mi
- Through the Looking Glass: 1.0 mi
- Ninth Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Rose Creek Park: 0.4 mi
- Centennial Park: 0.8 mi
- Old State House Lawn: 0.9 mi
- Fletcher Park: 1.0 mi
- Big Rock Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Allis Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Picron Hill: 4.5 mi
- Ermentraudt Mountain: 5.1 mi
- South Mountain: 6.1 mi
- C.G. "Crip" Hall Marker: 0.1 mi
- Kelly Bryant Marker: 0.1 mi
- Testament: 0.1 mi
- American Revolution Bicentennial Monument & Fountain: 0.1 mi
- Bauxite Boulder: 0.1 mi
- Mosaic Templars Cultural Center: 0.8 mi
- Old State House: 0.9 mi
- Museum of Black Arkansans and Performing Arts: 1.1 mi
- Historic Arkansas Museum: 1.1 mi
- Esse Purse Museum & Store: 1.2 mi
- USS Razorback: 1.3 mi
- Hoga (YT-146): 1.3 mi
- The Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center: 1.4 mi
- MacArthur Visits City Park: 1.5 mi
- Arkansas State Fairgrounds: 1.6 mi
- William E. "Bill" Clark Wetlands: 1.6 mi
- Pinnacle Mountain State Park: 12.4 mi
- Bell Slough State Wildlife Management Area: 15.4 mi
- Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
- Camp Robinson Special Use Area (SUA): 16.0 mi
- Woodruff Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- The Bernice Garden: 1.2 mi
- Arkansas Arboretum: 12.5 mi
- 110 Building Master Naturalist Garden: 23.8 mi
- Cato Point: 13.4 mi
- Red Bluff: 20.1 mi
- White Bluff: 24.4 mi
- I 40 Truck Rest Area Eastbound: 17.7 mi
- I 40 Truck Rest Area Westbound: 17.8 mi
- Pavilion 1: 4.2 mi
- Quapaw Mineral Spring: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Confederate Soldiers Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Mountain | WNW 285° | 337 m | 22.4 mi |
| Fall Mountain | WNW 285° | 332 m | 23.5 mi |
| Shinall Mountain | WNW 287° | 320 m | 12.4 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | WNW 300° | 308 m | 13.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | WNW 285° | 295 m | 22.8 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | WNW 286° | 280 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | WNW 286° | 277 m | 11.5 mi |
| Ball Mountain | W 275° | 251 m | 14.8 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 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 96000453OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Confederate Soldiers Monument, reference 96000453, listed 04/26/96.
OpenStreetMap element node/4723828881
Day trips start here
- Little Rock · 3 mi
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