Fort Smith Confederate Monument
Fort Smith Confederate Monument is a historic site in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Lockard Mountain stands 552 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Garrison Courtyard, a park 0.1 miles away.
The story
The Ft. Smith Confederate Monument stands on the grounds of the Sebastian County Courthouse at the junction of 6th and Rogers Streets in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The statue depicts a Confederate Army soldier, standing facing north, holding the upper stock of his rifle, which is grounded. The sculpture is 6 feet (1.8 m) in height, and is mounted on a square columnar pedestal over 30 feet (9.1 m) tall. The monument was placed in 1903 with funding raised by the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. An earlier Confederate memorial, placed at Fort Smith National Cemetery, was destroyed by a tornado, and the federal government objected to the placement of this memorial there without alterations to also commemorate the Union dead. The city granted permission for its placement at its current location. The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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Wikidata Q19878339, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1903
- Inscription
- Our Confederats Dead 1861-1865 Lest We forget
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Garrison Courtyard: 0.1 mi
- Ross Pendergraft Park: 0.3 mi
- Cisterna Park: 0.3 mi
- Officers' Quarters: 0.3 mi
- Commissary: 0.3 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Mayfield Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Brooks Stephins Mountain: 7.1 mi
- George Mountain: 7.3 mi
- George Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Bass Reeves Statue: 0.3 mi
- William O. Darby: 0.3 mi
- Initial Point Marker: 0.3 mi
- First Fort Smith: 0.4 mi
- John Carnall: 0.5 mi
- Gallows: 0.3 mi
- Barracks-Courthouse-Jail: 0.3 mi
- Visitor Center: 0.3 mi
- Guardhouse: 0.3 mi
- Cistern: 0.3 mi
- Fort Smith Museum of HIstory: 0.2 mi
- Fort Smith Trolley Museum: 0.3 mi
- Clayton House: 0.5 mi
- Fort Smith Regional Art Museum: 0.7 mi
- United States Marshals Museum: 0.9 mi
- NUMA Bronze Statue: 3.1 mi
- The Flower Tower: 7.3 mi
- Star Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Big Creek Narrows: 20.2 mi
- McWater Falls: 14.5 mi
- Natural Dam Waterfall: 18.3 mi
- Bekaert Garden: 5.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Fort Smith Confederate Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockard Mountain | NNE 27° | 552 m | 21.4 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | NNE 27° | 508 m | 19.4 mi |
| Locust Mountain | NNE 31° | 505 m | 20.1 mi |
| Big Round Mountain | NNW 343° | 493 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNE 19° | 492 m | 20.7 mi |
| Lick Mountain | N 351° | 469 m | 19.4 mi |
| Chinkapin Knob | N 2° | 442 m | 21.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNE 11° | 431 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:30 | 17:10 |
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 | 40 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Smith Rgnl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 96000460OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Ft. Smith Confederate Monument, reference 96000460, listed 04/26/96.
OpenStreetMap element node/4725487073
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