Pinnacle Mountain
Pinnacle Mountain rises to 308 m in Arkansas. Wildcat Mountain stands 421 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Arkansas Arboretum, a garden 0.5 miles away.
The story
Pinnacle Mountain is a 1,011-foot (308 m) summit and the second-highest natural point in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States; it is also the primary attraction of the 2,356-acre (953 ha) Pinnacle Mountain State Park. Located in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains approximately 13 miles (21 km) northwest of downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, Pinnacle Mountain is one of the most iconic landforms of the U.S. Interior Highlands.
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Wikidata Q31567087, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 308 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Natural Steps Soccer Complex: 1.0 mi
- William Kirsch Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Chalamont Park: 2.4 mi
- Maumelle Park: 3.1 mi
- Lake Willastein Park: 4.2 mi
- Use Your Brain: 5.3 mi
- AR Symbols: 5.4 mi
- Night at Fourche: 5.4 mi
- Surfing Frog: 5.4 mi
- Stop Pollution, Preserve Drain to Creek Ecosystem: 5.5 mi
- Fulk Mountains: 1.3 mi
- Scenic Outlook: 2.0 mi
- Shinall Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Rector Hill: 3.2 mi
- Bear Den Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 8.8 mi
- WWI Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Fallen Fire Fights of Arkansas: 12.9 mi
- Granite Mountain Boulder: 12.9 mi
- American Revolution Bicentennial Monument & Fountain: 12.9 mi
- Little Italy Arkansas Heritage Society: 9.1 mi
- Arkansas National Guard Museum: 11.5 mi
- Old State House: 13.7 mi
- Mosaic Templars Cultural Center: 13.8 mi
- Daisy Bates House: 14.0 mi
- Pinnacle Mountain State Park: 0.5 mi
- Bell Slough State Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
- Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
- Camp Robinson Special Use Area (SUA): 11.3 mi
- William E. "Bill" Clark Wetlands: 14.3 mi
- Giant Sawdust Pile: 8.1 mi
- Over-the-Jumps Carousel: 11.0 mi
- Arkansas State Fairgrounds: 13.4 mi
- Hoga (YT-146): 13.9 mi
- USS Razorback: 13.9 mi
- Arkansas Arboretum: 0.5 mi
- Woodruff Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- The Bernice Garden: 14.2 mi
- 110 Building Master Naturalist Garden: 16.7 mi
- Cato Point: 14.5 mi
- Millie Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Slaty Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Watson Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Pavilion 1: 8.8 mi
- Brown Creek Cascade: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Pinnacle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcat Mountain | W 271° | 421 m | 17.6 mi |
| Nancy Mountain | W 273° | 400 m | 17.2 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | W 265° | 339 m | 15.9 mi |
| Moss Mountain | W 267° | 337 m | 10.4 mi |
| Fall Mountain | W 268° | 332 m | 11.4 mi |
| Sausmann Mountain | WNW 286° | 327 m | 16.3 mi |
| Suck Mountain | WNW 286° | 321 m | 15.2 mi |
| Shinall Mountain | SSW 192° | 320 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:50 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:24 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 61 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marche, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359012990
Day trips start here
- Little Rock · 11 mi
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