Louisiana Purchase Marker;Fifth principal meridian
Louisiana Purchase Marker;Fifth principal meridian is a historic site in Arkansas, at a recorded elevation of 334 m. Robinson Hill stands 107 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 12 miles off. 44 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
Monument of PLSS IP - Fifth Principal
The story
The Louisiana Purchase State Park, located in eastern Arkansas, commemorates the initial point from which public lands acquired through the 1803 Louisiana Purchase were subsequently surveyed. The Louisiana Purchase State Park encompasses 37.5 acres (15.2 ha) of forested wetlands, a landform which is regionally in decline due to agricultural development practices that include draining such areas. On the survey point is a 6-foot (1.8 m) marker erected in 1926 by the L'Anguille Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.), of Marianna, Arkansas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and then designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1993.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1961.
Wikidata Q1872230, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 333.9 m
- Inscription
- This stone marks the base established Nov. 10, 1815 from which the lands of the Louisiana Purchase were surveyed by United States Engineers, the first survey from this point was made to satisfy the claims of the soldiers of the War of 1812, with land boun
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 18.0 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
- 18.2 mi off the St. Francis Scenic Byway
44 named places within 25 miles
- Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park: 0.1 mi
- Monroe Community Park: 6.9 mi
- Holly Grove Downtown Park: 9.1 mi
- Tri-County Fairgrounds: 9.4 mi
- Lula Lula Coleman Tyler Park: 9.6 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Preston Bluff: 16.2 mi
- Worshams Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Arkapola Bluff: 23.7 mi
- American Legion Memorial: 18.5 mi
- William Hines Furbush Memorial: 18.9 mi
- Robert E. Lee Monument: 18.9 mi
- St. Charles Battle Monument: 19.4 mi
- Little Hill: 21.4 mi
- Robinson Hill: 21.6 mi
- Morrells Hill: 23.3 mi
- Central Delta Depot Museum: 18.5 mi
- St. Charles Museum: 19.3 mi
- Levon Helm Boyhood Home: 9.9 mi
- Welcome to Marvel: 10.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Louisiana Purchase Marker;Fifth principal meridian. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Hill | ENE 73° | 107 m | 21.6 mi |
| Morrells Hill | E 90° | 73 m | 23.3 mi |
| Little Hill | WNW 296° | 61 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:44 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:19 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 79 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 63 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarendon, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 72000206OpenStreetMapWikipedia- National Register of Historic Places — Louisiana Purchase Survey Marker, reference 72000206, listed 02/23/72.
OpenStreetMap element node/1677675243
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