High Flight Memorial
High Flight Memorial is a historic site in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Shinall Mountain stands 320 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 62 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Dedicated to those courageous airmen who lost their lives in aircraft and missile mishaps while assigned to Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas
How to reach it
- 61.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
- Paradise Lake Park: 1.0 mi
- Recycling Center Mulch Area: 1.2 mi
- Jacksonville Dog Park: 1.2 mi
- Jacksonville Recycling Education Park: 1.3 mi
- Prairie Peak: 3.4 mi
- Franklin Hill: 3.6 mi
- Wilson Knob: 4.7 mi
- Big Rock Hill: 5.9 mi
- Herbert Hill: 6.2 mi
- Bayou Meto Art Drain: 8.1 mi
- Big Blue: 10.5 mi
- Love All Creatures: 11.0 mi
- Bottled Nature: 11.3 mi
- Keep Our Plants Alive: 11.4 mi
- Global War on Terrorism Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Rail Car: 1.2 mi
- Wayne B. Tucker: 1.7 mi
- The Old Mill: 9.8 mi
- The Little Rock: 12.7 mi
- Jacksonville Museum of Military History: 2.1 mi
- Cabot Museum of History: 8.4 mi
- Arkansas National Guard Museum: 9.9 mi
- William J Clinton Presidential Library: 12.6 mi
- Musuem of Discovery: 12.7 mi
- Holland Bottoms WMA: 3.8 mi
- William E. "Bill" Clark Wetlands: 12.6 mi
- Camp Robinson Special Use Area (SUA): 14.0 mi
- Bell Slough State Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
- Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area: 15.8 mi
- Hoga (YT-146): 12.5 mi
- USS Razorback: 12.6 mi
- The Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center: 12.7 mi
- MacArthur Visits City Park: 13.3 mi
- Arkansas State Fairgrounds: 15.1 mi
- Cato Point: 7.7 mi
- Tucker Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 21.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 24.6 mi
- The Bernice Garden: 13.7 mi
- Woodruff Community Garden: 14.4 mi
- Arkansas Arboretum: 20.0 mi
- 110 Building Master Naturalist Garden: 20.2 mi
- I 40 Truck Rest Area Westbound: 10.7 mi
- I 40 Truck Rest Area Eastbound: 10.8 mi
- Quapaw Mineral Spring: 5.7 mi
- Pavilion 1: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of High Flight Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shinall Mountain | WSW 252° | 320 m | 21.7 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | W 259° | 308 m | 20.4 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | WSW 250° | 280 m | 20.9 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | WSW 250° | 277 m | 21.1 mi |
| High Point | W 276° | 249 m | 22.0 mi |
| Reynolds Mountain | WNW 286° | 230 m | 19.9 mi |
| Wilson Hill | WNW 302° | 225 m | 12.8 mi |
| Fourmile Hill | NW 312° | 197 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 19:49 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:23 | 17:02 |
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 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Rock, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10766654274
Day trips start here
- Little Rock · 16 mi
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