Dam Site Recreation Area
Dam Site Recreation Area is a park in Arkansas, at a recorded elevation of 153 m. Dug Hill stands 405 m to the north, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is William Carl Garner Visitor Center, a museum 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 86 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 153 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Army Corps of Engineers
How to reach it
- 86.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 29.1 mi off the Sylamore Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugar Loaf Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Round Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Tater Hill: 6.0 mi
- Bald Hill: 6.3 mi
- Rigdon Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Old Highway 25 Recreation Areas: 1.1 mi
- John F. Kennedy Park: 1.2 mi
- Spring Park: 2.6 mi
- Eagle Bank Park: 2.7 mi
- Sandy Beach Park: 3.4 mi
- Libby Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Whitehead Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Richey Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Slick Rock Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Yellow Bluffs: 13.1 mi
- War Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Beeler House: 21.8 mi
- Beeler Ferry: 21.8 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 24.3 mi
- Searcy Confederate Monument: 24.3 mi
- The Labyrinth: 24.1 mi
- Art Alley: 24.2 mi
- Art Alley: 24.2 mi
- Bee Kind: 24.2 mi
- Searcy Mural: 24.3 mi
- Greers Ferry National Fish Hatchery: 1.0 mi
- Junk Car: 2.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 24.0 mi
- 155 mm gun M1: 24.3 mi
- William Carl Garner Visitor Center: 0.4 mi
- Shirley Centennial Museum: 19.7 mi
- Stone County Museum: 24.2 mi
- Collins Creek Cascade: 1.2 mi
- Cornelius Falls: 4.3 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 4.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.4 mi
- Salado Creek Rest Area: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Dam Site Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dug Hill | N 6° | 405 m | 7.6 mi |
| Pond Mountain | NW 316° | 397 m | 15.9 mi |
| Choppy Knob | NW 318° | 396 m | 15.6 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNW 328° | 380 m | 12.7 mi |
| Brock Mountain | NE 45° | 366 m | 16.7 mi |
| Sam Johnson Mountain | N 8° | 364 m | 11.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNW 348° | 361 m | 15.3 mi |
| Tater Hill | N 350° | 354 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:50 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:20 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greers Ferry DAM, under a mile away.
- American beautyberry22 obs
- Red Buckeye18 obs
- leafcup16 obs
- rue anemone15 obs
- Robinson's Annual Cicada15 obs
- Blue Jay14 obs
- White-tailed Deer14 obs
- buttonbush14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1366256891
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