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Crater of Diamonds State Park

Crater of Diamonds State Park from directly overhead

Crater of Diamonds State Park is a park in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Paul Mountain stands 530 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.03268, -93.67377

79 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 31
  • Crater of Diamonds State Park: 0.1 mi
  • Murfreesboro City Park: 3.1 mi
  • Riverside Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • City Park: 8.3 mi
  • Narrows Dam Public Use Area: 8.7 mi
Peaks: 31
  • East Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Middle Hill: 0.1 mi
  • West Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Twin Knobs: 1.2 mi
  • Dynamite Hill: 8.5 mi
Museums: 6
  • Ka-Do-Ha Indian Village Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Print Museum: 17.8 mi
  • Black History Museum: 17.8 mi
  • B.W. Edwards Weapons Museum: 17.8 mi
  • Klipsch Museum of Audio History: 20.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crater of Diamonds State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paul MountainNNW 335°530 m24.3 mi
Tweedle MountainN 353°506 m21.8 mi
Buck MountainN 350°488 m22.0 mi
Redland MountainNNW 347°463 m20.8 mi
Wilson MountainN 7°442 m20.3 mi
High Top MountainN 350°436 m20.7 mi
Beardon MountainNNW 347°436 m22.7 mi
Beardon MountainNNW 347°433 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5419:27
June solstice06:0519:5320:30
September equinox07:0318:4019:13
December solstice07:1716:3217:10

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404451596875797973615042
Precip in4.24.45.96.06.43.84.53.94.15.24.65.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murfreesboro 1W, 4 mi away.

  • Christmas fern18 obs
  • American holly14 obs
  • American beautyberry11 obs
  • Dot-lined Wave11 obs
  • Waterlily Leafcutter Moth11 obs
  • North American Luna Moth10 obs
  • partridgeberry9 obs
  • Curved-toothed Geometer Moth9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/478150601

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