Lake Dardanelle State Park
Lake Dardanelle State Park is a park in Arkansas, at a recorded elevation of 109 m. Huckleberry Mountain stands 597 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Dardanelle Beach and Swimming Area, a beach 0.2 miles away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 3.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 109 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway
- 21.8 mi off the Mount Magazine Scenic Byway
- 22.5 mi off the Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lookout Window · 24 mi
- Inspiration Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bunker Hill: 1.7 mi
- Norristown Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Dardanelle Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Pleasant View Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Ouita Launch Ramp for Lake Dardanelle: 2.2 mi
- Lake Dardanelle State Park - Ouita Area: 2.2 mi
- Illinois Bayou Park: 2.4 mi
- Lake Dardanelle State Park: 2.6 mi
- Sequoyah Park: 3.3 mi
- Mt Nebo Falls: 5.9 mi
- Long Pool Falls: 18.2 mi
- Cedar Falls: 19.1 mi
- Seven Hollows Grotto: 19.6 mi
- Wildman Twin Falls: 20.1 mi
- Bee Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Burton Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Perry Bluff: 11.5 mi
- North Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Jackson Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Old House Foundation: 2.4 mi
- Hindsman Bell Tower: 3.8 mi
- Dardanelle Confederate Monument: 5.3 mi
- Summit Park Hotel Site: 5.7 mi
- Lt Kevin Mainhart Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Nebo Springs: 5.1 mi
- Cave Spring: 5.4 mi
- Varnall Spring: 5.6 mi
- Darling Spring: 5.6 mi
- Gum Springs: 5.9 mi
- Mount Nebo State Park: 5.5 mi
- Mount Nebo State Park: 6.8 mi
- Petit Jean State Park: 19.3 mi
- Petit Jean State Park: 21.0 mi
- Nimrod State Wildlife Management Area: 21.1 mi
- Big Piney Rest Area - Westbound: 5.6 mi
- Overlook Rest Area - Westbound: 7.6 mi
- Big Piney Rest Area – Eastbound: 9.6 mi
- Potts Inn Museum: 9.3 mi
- Johnson County Historical Society: 19.3 mi
- Museum Of Automobiles: 20.9 mi
- Lake Dardanelle Beach and Swimming Area: 0.2 mi
- Carter Cove Beach: 22.9 mi
- Lover's Leap: 5.7 mi
- Buckman's Pool: 23.7 mi
- Booger Hollow: 12.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Lake Dardanelle State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckleberry Mountain | WSW 253° | 597 m | 15.9 mi |
| Spring Mountain | SW 231° | 553 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | SSW 208° | 537 m | 5.7 mi |
| Tater Hill | SW 227° | 452 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 243° | 437 m | 9.1 mi |
| Dollar Knob | NNE 26° | 413 m | 16.6 mi |
| Moore Mountain | WSW 247° | 396 m | 10.1 mi |
| Iron Ore Mountain | ENE 66° | 386 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
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 | 40 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dardanelle, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel24 obs
- Great Blue Heron21 obs
- American beautyberry20 obs
- Powdered Dancer18 obs
- Heavenly bamboo17 obs
- American Coot15 obs
- Monarch15 obs
- Diamondback Watersnake14 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.
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