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Needle Eye Mountain

Needle Eye Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Needle Eye Mountain rises to 606 m in Arkansas. Kilgore Mountain stands 682 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Holden Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 13 miles off.

The story

mountain in Arkansas, United States of America

Wikidata Q31565119, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
606 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.21702, -93.34935

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 34
Parks: 30
  • Beacon Park: 10.4 mi
  • centerpoint horsecamp: 10.6 mi
  • Steel Creek Use Area: 12.1 mi
  • Anstaff Soccer Complex and Harrison Tennis Complex: 13.4 mi
  • Lake Harris Park: 13.5 mi
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Mystic Caverns: 14.1 mi
  • Hog Wild Adventures: 20.7 mi
  • Big Cedar Fun Mountain: 22.6 mi
  • Aviation Cadet World: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 14.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Needle Eye Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kilgore MountainSSE 168°682 m13.2 mi
Sherman MountainSSE 155°670 m13.9 mi
Gaither MountainESE 114°655 m7.9 mi
Dodson MountainS 185°654 m6.1 mi
Piney MountainE 99°652 m6.0 mi
Mutton PointSSE 150°651 m13.0 mi
Cone PointSE 124°648 m10.2 mi
Arms MountainSSW 207°644 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5219:25
June solstice05:5719:5720:35
September equinox07:0218:3819:12
December solstice07:2216:2317:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149586674797870594940
Precip in2.72.43.95.04.83.93.73.44.13.84.02.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrison Boone CO AP, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 58245 — Needle Eye Mountain, Carroll County, Arkansas.

OpenStreetMap element node/358986294

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