Lake Dardanelle State Park - Ouita Area
Lake Dardanelle State Park - Ouita Area is a park in Arkansas, at a recorded elevation of 119 m. Spring Mountain stands 553 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Illinois Bayou Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 1.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 119 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Mount Magazine Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lookout Window · 26 mi
- Inspiration Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Illinois Bayou Park: 1.3 mi
- Ouita Launch Ramp for Lake Dardanelle: 1.4 mi
- Shiloh Park: 1.8 mi
- Shiloh Park: 1.8 mi
- Lake Dardanelle State Park: 2.2 mi
- Pleasant View Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Norristown Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.7 mi
- Dardanelle Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Round Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Mt Nebo Falls: 7.9 mi
- Long Pool Falls: 16.9 mi
- Cedar Falls: 18.3 mi
- Seven Hollows Grotto: 18.9 mi
- Stave Mill Falls: 19.0 mi
- Bee Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Perry Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Burton Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Ladd Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Ladd Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Old House Foundation: 1.3 mi
- Hindsman Bell Tower: 1.9 mi
- Dardanelle Confederate Monument: 5.6 mi
- Summit Park Hotel Site: 7.7 mi
- Lt Kevin Mainhart Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Nebo Springs: 7.1 mi
- Cave Spring: 7.4 mi
- Varnall Spring: 7.5 mi
- Darling Spring: 7.7 mi
- Gum Springs: 8.0 mi
- Mount Nebo State Park: 7.5 mi
- Mount Nebo State Park: 8.7 mi
- Petit Jean State Park: 18.4 mi
- Petit Jean State Park: 19.9 mi
- Petit Jean State Park: 22.0 mi
- Big Piney Rest Area - Westbound: 6.9 mi
- Overlook Rest Area - Westbound: 9.0 mi
- Big Piney Rest Area – Eastbound: 10.9 mi
- Potts Inn Museum: 7.8 mi
- Museum Of Automobiles: 19.8 mi
- Johnson County Historical Society: 20.2 mi
- Lake Dardanelle Beach and Swimming Area: 2.4 mi
- Carter Cove Beach: 24.1 mi
- Lover's Leap: 7.7 mi
- Booger Hollow: 11.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Lake Dardanelle State Park - Ouita Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Mountain | SW 233° | 553 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Nebo | SW 218° | 537 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bates Knob | NNE 12° | 474 m | 16.9 mi |
| Newton Hill | N 6° | 454 m | 17.1 mi |
| Tater Hill | SW 231° | 452 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bates Knob | NNE 12° | 438 m | 16.8 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 243° | 437 m | 11.4 mi |
| Dollar Knob | NNE 21° | 413 m | 14.9 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 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:25 | 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, 5 mi away.
- American sweetgum55 obs
- Red Buckeye54 obs
- Heavenly bamboo48 obs
- Chinese privet43 obs
- American beautyberry36 obs
- American sycamore34 obs
- American tuliptree33 obs
- lyreleaf sage33 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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