Chesney Prairie Natural Area
Chesney Prairie Natural Area is a nature reserve in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 363 m. Kessler Mountain stands 565 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Stump Prairie, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Cherokee Hills Byway passes 5.3 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Chesney Prairie Natural Area is one of very few tallgrass prairie remnants left on the Arkansas portion of the Springfield Plateau and supports a number of rare species.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Cherokee Hills Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Flint Creek Nature Area: 1.7 mi
- Sager Creek Soccer Complex: 2.8 mi
- La-Z-Boy Ball Parks: 2.9 mi
- City Lake MTB Park: 2.9 mi
- City Lake Park: 2.9 mi
- Blue Bike Tower: 16.7 mi
- Flight: 17.3 mi
- Sound Art Installation: 17.7 mi
- Orange Bike Tower: 18.3 mi
- Poppy Seed: 18.3 mi
- Village Gardens: 17.4 mi
- Bryce Davis Bed: 18.1 mi
- Bryce Davis Bed: 18.1 mi
- Bryce Davis Bed: 18.1 mi
- Bryce Davis Bed: 18.1 mi
- Lower Round Top: 7.2 mi
- Twin Mountains: 7.5 mi
- Upper Round Top: 7.9 mi
- Roundtop: 10.9 mi
- Weddington Mountain: 12.2 mi
- Siloam Springs Museum Society: 3.8 mi
- Tontitown Historical Museum: 14.4 mi
- Museum of Native American History: 17.6 mi
- The Peel Mansion Museum & Heritage Gardens: 18.0 mi
- Sulphur Springs Community Museum: 18.2 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Memorial: 3.9 mi
- ELM SPRINGS IN THE CIVIL WAR: 14.0 mi
- Elm Springs Civil War monument: 14.0 mi
- Battle Monument: 19.0 mi
- Founding of Benton County: 19.9 mi
- Stump Prairie: 1.1 mi
- West Side Prarie: 17.3 mi
- Pinnacle Open Space: 17.4 mi
- Woolsey Wet Prairie: 17.7 mi
- Wilson Springs West: 17.7 mi
- Eagles Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Hogshooter Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Pine Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Black Fox Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Lanes Bluff: 23.4 mi
- KCS Decatur Depot: 8.1 mi
- KCS Caboose Number 383: 14.1 mi
- Sky Zone: 19.4 mi
- UARK Bowl: 20.7 mi
- The Garden Room: 21.0 mi
- Blewford: 9.3 mi
- Eldorado Springs: 10.6 mi
- Sexton: 21.1 mi
- Piney: 23.4 mi
- Monte Ne: 23.7 mi
- Anderson Spring: 11.8 mi
- Elm Spring: 14.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 14.7 mi
- Greathouse Spring: 16.8 mi
- Dripping Springs: 10.6 mi
- Tanyard Creek Falls: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chesney Prairie Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kessler Mountain | SE 133° | 565 m | 20.3 mi |
| Fraker Mountain | SE 144° | 555 m | 24.8 mi |
| Wasburn Mountain | SE 140° | 554 m | 23.7 mi |
| Miller Mountain | SE 136° | 551 m | 20.6 mi |
| Stevenson Mountain | SE 146° | 548 m | 22.1 mi |
| Sugar Hill | S 176° | 531 m | 22.2 mi |
| Pierce Mountain | ESE 116° | 515 m | 22.8 mi |
| Round Top Mountain | SE 134° | 500 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:01 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:28 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 79 | 71 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fayetteville Springdale NW AR, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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