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Bell Slough State Wildlife Management Area

Bell Slough State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Bell Slough State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Arkansas, at a recorded elevation of 87 m. Moss Mountain stands 337 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
87 m

What to expect

Operated by
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates34.95064, -92.40043

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mayflower City Park: 1.4 mi
  • Pierce Creek Public Boat Landing: 1.5 mi
  • Franklin Pearce Park: 1.6 mi
  • Palarm Public Use Area: 4.3 mi
  • Rolling Oaks Park: 4.9 mi
Peaks
  • Reynolds Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Wilson Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Cook Mountain: 5.6 mi
  • Sturgis Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Blue Hill: 6.2 mi
Artworks
  • Electric Alley: 9.9 mi
  • Love All Creatures: 11.5 mi
  • Bottled Nature: 11.8 mi
  • Big Blue: 12.8 mi
  • Bayou Meto Art Drain: 12.9 mi
Historic sites: 43
Museums: 18
Nature reserves: 7
Attractions: 7
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pavilion 1: 11.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Quapaw Mineral Spring: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Bell Slough State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moss MountainWSW 242°337 m17.3 mi
Fall MountainWSW 244°332 m18.1 mi
Shinall MountainSSW 208°320 m11.8 mi
Pinnacle MountainSSW 213°308 m9.0 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWSW 242°295 m17.7 mi
Crystal MountainSSW 202°280 m11.8 mi
Bear Den MountainSSW 203°277 m11.8 mi
Crystal MountainWSW 247°264 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:5719:5020:27
September equinox06:5818:3519:08
December solstice07:1416:2417:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384351606977818073614942
Precip in3.64.55.35.76.83.73.73.63.54.65.45.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marche, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358993689

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