Queen Wilhelmina State Park
Queen Wilhelmina State Park is a park in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 723 m. Rich Mountain stands 817 m to the east-southeast, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Reservoir, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Talimena Scenic Drive runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Arkansas State Parks
How to reach it
- On the Talimena Scenic Drive, National
- 5.0 mi off the Mountain Gateway Scenic Byway
- 12.8 mi off the Mountain Pass Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap · 1 mi
- Lake Wilhelmina Vista · 2 mi
- Grand View Vista · 5 mi
- Eagleton Vista · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Fork Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Rich Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Quentin Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Pine Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Pilot Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Janssen Park: 10.3 mi
- Lee McMillian Memorial Park: 11.2 mi
- Mena Sports Complex: 11.6 mi
- Beech Creek National Scenic Area: 12.0 mi
- Hatfield Municipal Park: 14.0 mi
- Old Reservoir: 0.4 mi
- Old Potter School: 9.9 mi
- Ebenezer Monument: 10.1 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Three Sticks Monument: 17.2 mi
- Pipe Spring: 15.7 mi
- Tan-A-Hill Spring: 16.0 mi
- Red Spring: 16.4 mi
- Gillham Springs: 22.5 mi
- Upper Whiskey Falls: 19.1 mi
- Lower Whiskey Falls: 19.5 mi
- Slate Falls: 21.2 mi
- Belle Star Cave Falls: 21.6 mi
- Cedar Lake North Shore: 18.6 mi
- Cedar Lake Sandy Beach: 19.7 mi
- Scott County Museum of History: 21.6 mi
- Blythe's Scott County Museum: 22.1 mi
- Welcome to Waldron Mural: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Queen Wilhelmina State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Mountain | ESE 111° | 817 m | 2.5 mi |
| Black Fork Mountain | N 3° | 808 m | 1.8 mi |
| Blue Mountain | E 90° | 790 m | 18.3 mi |
| Wilton Mountain | W 267° | 775 m | 11.2 mi |
| Round Top Mountain | ESE 121° | 754 m | 7.9 mi |
| Lynn Mountain | WSW 240° | 752 m | 12.5 mi |
| Wolf Pinnacle | E 88° | 745 m | 14.1 mi |
| Polecat Peak | SW 218° | 732 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:32 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mena, 8 mi away.
- Southern Red-backed Salamander76 obs
- Ozark Spiderwort27 obs
- common pawpaw25 obs
- Ouachita Dusky Salamander24 obs
- Rich Mountain Salamander23 obs
- Many-ribbed Salamander22 obs
- Ozark green trillium22 obs
- Atlantic camas21 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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