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McGill Mountain

McGill Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

McGill Mountain rises to 383 m in Arkansas. Powell Mountain stands 547 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Chalybeate Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 24 miles off.

The story

mountain in Arkansas, United States of America

Wikidata Q31564111, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
383 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.73121, -93.53047

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Little Fir Public Use Area: 7.6 mi
  • River Bluff Recreation Area: 8.3 mi
  • Dragover Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
  • Irons Fork Public Use Area: 9.5 mi
  • Fulton Branch Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
Historic sites: 5
Springs: 3
  • Chalybeate Spring: 0.7 mi
  • West Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Rock Spring: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Museums: 2
  • Heritage House Museum: 14.3 mi
  • Wegner Crystal Mines: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 18.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Carter Cove Beach: 22.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of McGill Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powell MountainENE 76°547 m10.8 mi
Blowout MountainWSW 259°519 m12.6 mi
Pilot KnobE 94°511 m14.8 mi
Skaggs MountainW 280°505 m5.6 mi
Brantley MountainWNW 285°504 m4.6 mi
Owens MountainSW 230°497 m3.5 mi
Linn Barker MountainWNW 283°497 m8.1 mi
Lone Pine MountainN 357°476 m2.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:26
June solstice06:0219:5420:31
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:1816:2917:08

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653626977818073625244
Precip in3.84.05.06.25.44.84.23.74.14.45.34.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT IDA, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359008726

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