Arkansas Post National Memorial
Arkansas Post National Memorial is a park in Arkansas, at a recorded elevation of 53 m. Twin Mounds stands 52 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ecores Rouges, a cliff less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 1.8 miles off. 24 named places lie within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 53 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 21.2 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
24 named places within 25 miles
- Moore Bayou Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- Pendleton Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Notrebes Bend Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Merrisach Lake Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
- Morgan Point Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Ecores Rouges: 0.0 mi
- Mays Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Desha County Museum: 11.7 mi
- Twin Mounds: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Arkansas Post National Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Mounds | SW 228° | 52 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:44 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:22 | 17:01 |
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 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 65 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Arkansas Post, under a mile away.
- American Alligator64 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk32 obs
- Common Pill Woodlouse31 obs
- Acmaeodera tubulus22 obs
- Blanchard's Cricket Frog21 obs
- Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo21 obs
- Great Egret19 obs
- White-throated Sparrow16 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000198OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/250896764
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