Jackson Guards Memorial
Jackson Guards Memorial is a historic site in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Jamestown Mountain stands 311 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Surrender at Jacksonport, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 61 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
The story
The Jackson Guards Memorial is a sculpture commemorating the Jackson Guards, a unit of the Confederate Army, in Arkansas's Jacksonport State Park. The sculpture stands at Washington and Avenue Streets in the park, and depicts a standing male soldier, holding with both hands a rifle, butt on the ground. The marble sculpture is about 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, and is mounted on a granite base 20 feet (6.1 m) tall and 10 feet (3.0 m) square. Funding for the statue was raised by private subscription, and it was unveiled in 1914 in Newport, the county seat of Jackson County. It was moved to its present location in 1965. In 2017, the memorial was moved 300 feet east in preparation of construction of a new visitors center. The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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Wikidata Q20679805, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 60.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
97 named places within 25 miles
- Surrounded Hill: 2.8 mi
- Howard Mound: 3.0 mi
- Surrounded Hill: 5.2 mi
- Caldwell Mountain: 13.4 mi
- Major Harris Mountain: 13.9 mi
- Jacksonport City Park: 0.1 mi
- Jacksonport State Park: 0.3 mi
- Diaz City Park: 2.5 mi
- Vision Park: 2.8 mi
- George Kell Park: 2.9 mi
- Paroquet Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Little Paroquet Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Berkley Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Bird Point: 13.2 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Surrender at Jacksonport: 0.0 mi
- Batesville Confederate Monument: 21.2 mi
- Rock and Roll Highway 67 Museum: 2.9 mi
- Old Independence Regional Museum: 20.9 mi
- Rock N Roll Highway Mural: 2.8 mi
- Salado Creek Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Arkansas Lime Co. No. 2: 20.2 mi
- Taylor Bay Beach: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jackson Guards Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown Mountain | W 277° | 311 m | 23.7 mi |
| Round Mountain | W 269° | 271 m | 22.4 mi |
| Cobb Mountain | W 277° | 265 m | 21.8 mi |
| Hutchinson Mountain | W 271° | 260 m | 20.5 mi |
| Uncle Joe Warren Mountain | W 261° | 259 m | 14.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | W 261° | 259 m | 14.4 mi |
| Strother Mountain | W 275° | 240 m | 18.9 mi |
| Russell Mountain | SW 215° | 225 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:17 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 96000465OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Jackson Guards Memorial, reference 96000465, listed 04/26/96.
OpenStreetMap element node/4725902269
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