Rafes Hill

Rafes Hill rises to 60 m in Arkansas. Russell Mountain stands 225 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hacks Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 47 miles off. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Arkansas, United States of America
Wikidata Q31567935, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 60 m
How to reach it
- 46.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
120 named places within 25 miles
- Bayou Des Arc State Game Area: 5.8 mi
- Hurricane Lake State Game Area: 8.7 mi
- Des Arc Baseball Association: 9.1 mi
- Des Arc Baseball Association: 9.1 mi
- Cache River National Wildlife Refuge: 10.2 mi
- Hacks Hill: 1.2 mi
- Lost Hill: 2.9 mi
- Bailey Lake Hill: 4.1 mi
- Little Greenbrier Hill: 5.6 mi
- Lost Hill: 5.6 mi
- Naval Combat at West Point: 9.7 mi
- Action at Whitney’s Lane: 14.0 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Thelma Fae Smith and Curtis H. Sykes: 16.2 mi
- Elijah Anthony and Howard Wright: 16.2 mi
- Fowler Point: 1.8 mi
- Dicks Point: 2.3 mi
- Peach Orchard Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Smokehouse Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Haleys Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Cracked Tree: 16.2 mi
- Total Eclipse: 16.8 mi
- Patriotic Mural: 16.8 mi
- Searcy Mural: 16.8 mi
- Bee Kind: 16.9 mi
- Higginson Beach: 14.0 mi
- Higginson Lake Beach: 14.0 mi
- Taylor Bay Beach: 14.7 mi
- Cotton Plant Museum: 15.7 mi
- Pioneer Village: 15.7 mi
- Central Delta Depot Museum: 22.9 mi
- 155 mm gun M1: 16.5 mi
- Rock Garden: 17.4 mi
- Copperas Springs: 18.8 mi
- White River Rest Area - Westbound: 18.3 mi
- White River Rest Area - Eastbound: 18.4 mi
- Holloway Memorial Natural Area: 3.1 mi
- Cow Mound: 9.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rafes Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Mountain | N 356° | 225 m | 19.8 mi |
| Throckmorton Hill | N 352° | 193 m | 24.6 mi |
| Des Arc Mountain | WNW 289° | 192 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mason Hill | N 354° | 187 m | 23.0 mi |
| Buzzard Roost Mountain | N 358° | 183 m | 20.9 mi |
| Short Mountain | N 354° | 175 m | 22.6 mi |
| Soapstone Hill | N 357° | 171 m | 22.9 mi |
| Boyce Hill | N 354° | 169 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:47 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:19 | 16:59 |
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 | 41 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — DES ARC, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 58453 — Rafes Hill, White County, Arkansas.
OpenStreetMap element node/358986542
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