Hampson Archeological Museum State Park
Hampson Archeological Museum State Park is a museum in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Millstone Mountain stands 121 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilson Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 189 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
The story
Hampson Archeological Museum State Park is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) Arkansas state park in Mississippi County, Arkansas in the United States. The museum contains a collection of archeological artifacts from the Nodena site, which is a former Native American village on the Mississippi River between 1400 and 1650. James K. Hampson began excavating the site in the 1920s, a museum was built in 1946 and the Arkansas General Assembly officially accepted the collection of artifacts from the Hampson family on March 30, 1957. The park first opened in 1961 as Hampson Museum State Park and has since been renamed. Around 1400-1650 CE an aboriginal palisaded village existed in the Nodena area on a meander bend of the Mississippi River. Artifacts from this site are on display in the Hampson Museum State Park. The museum is named after James K. Hampson, a local landowner and archaeologist.
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Dates from 1946.
Wikidata Q5646091, matched on coordinates and name (212 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Arkansas State Parks
How to reach it
- 188.9 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 34.6 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
- On the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 30 mi
79 named places within 25 miles
- Wilson Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Wilson Bicentennial Park: 0.6 mi
- McGavock-Grider Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
- Keiser City Park: 7.7 mi
- Joiner City Park: 8.2 mi
- Dyess Colony Museum: 9.8 mi
- Dyess Theater: 9.8 mi
- Mississippi County Museum: 10.1 mi
- Lepanto Museum: 16.5 mi
- Southern Tenant Farmers Museum: 18.6 mi
- World War II POW Camp: 4.5 mi
- W.R. Dyess Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Pentecostal Church: 12.1 mi
- Mississippi County Penal Farm WPA Marker: 15.1 mi
- Vietnam Memorial Tree Trail: 23.0 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Two: 8.3 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number One: 10.6 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 17.2 mi
- Johnny Cash Boyhood Home: 11.6 mi
- A Painted House: 16.5 mi
- Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge: 18.6 mi
- Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 24.1 mi
- Millstone Mountain: 20.1 mi
- Miller Mound: 23.4 mi
- Hendrix Mural: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hampson Archeological Museum State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millstone Mountain | ENE 78° | 121 m | 20.1 mi |
| Miller Mound | W 261° | 64 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:42 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:12 | 16:51 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 51 | 62 | 72 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keiser, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Bartlett · 27 mi
- Marion · 27 mi
- Memphis · 29 mi
- West Memphis · 30 mi
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