Founding of Benton County
Founding of Benton County is a historic site in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 388 m. Whitney Mountain stands 552 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 21.8 mi off the Sugar Camp Scenic Byway
- 25.2 mi off the Cherokee Hills Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Orchards Park: 0.5 mi
- Enfield Park: 1.0 mi
- Town Branch Park: 1.1 mi
- Lawrence Plaza: 1.2 mi
- Round Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Elkhorn Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Callahan Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 10.8 mi
- Posy Mountain: 11.3 mi
- The Monarch and Dandelions: 0.5 mi
- Deconstructed Barn: 0.9 mi
- Fly's Eye Dome: 0.9 mi
- Maelstrom: 0.9 mi
- Yield: 1.0 mi
- Compton Gardens: 1.2 mi
- The Grove: 1.5 mi
- Rogers Historial Museum Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Vera Key Victorian Garden: 5.0 mi
- Buckingham Garden: 6.6 mi
- Eden Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Devils Head Bluff: 9.9 mi
- McElhaney Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Helton Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Martin Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Cambridge Wetland Prairies: 2.5 mi
- Searles Prairie: 2.7 mi
- Pinnacle Open Space: 4.5 mi
- Powell Towersite: 11.6 mi
- Hobbs State Park Conservation Area: 14.9 mi
- Scott Family Amazeum: 0.6 mi
- Bentonville History Museum office: 1.4 mi
- The Peel Mansion Museum & Heritage Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Museum of Native American History: 2.5 mi
- Daisy Airgun Museum: 4.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Frisco Caboose: 5.1 mi
- Navy Anchor: 5.8 mi
- WWI field artillery: 5.8 mi
- Confederate Monument: 10.8 mi
- Sky Zone: 7.5 mi
- KCS Caboose Number 383: 15.2 mi
- KCS Decatur Depot: 15.5 mi
- Kansas CIty Southern RR Noel Depot: 20.3 mi
- UARK Bowl: 21.4 mi
- Anderson Spring: 8.2 mi
- Cave Spring: 8.3 mi
- Elm Spring: 12.1 mi
- Greathouse Spring: 16.6 mi
- Roaring River Spring: 24.6 mi
- Monte Ne: 9.0 mi
- Blewford: 16.5 mi
- Eldorado Springs: 19.4 mi
- Tanyard Creek Falls: 7.4 mi
- short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Founding of Benton County. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Mountain | E 83° | 552 m | 15.1 mi |
| Rich Mountain | ENE 77° | 535 m | 14.7 mi |
| Devils Eye Brow | ENE 65° | 525 m | 14.7 mi |
| Trimble Mountain | ENE 70° | 524 m | 16.2 mi |
| Grindstone Mountain | E 91° | 524 m | 23.4 mi |
| Humphery Mountain | E 79° | 522 m | 13.1 mi |
| Pond Mountain | E 81° | 522 m | 13.8 mi |
| Sugar Mountain | ENE 70° | 521 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bentonville 4 S, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13055394778
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