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Skaggs Mountain

Skaggs Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Skaggs Mountain rises to 505 m in Arkansas. Brushy Creek Mountain stands 544 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Brantley Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Mount Magazine Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.

The story

mountain in Arkansas, United States of America

Wikidata Q31571142, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
505 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.74593, -93.62770

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 28
  • Dragover Recreation Area: 7.1 mi
  • River Bluff Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
  • Fulton Branch Recreation Area: 8.5 mi
  • Little Fir Public Use Area: 11.9 mi
  • Tompkins Bend Public Use Area: 15.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Chalybeate Spring: 5.1 mi
  • West Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Rock Spring: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Museums: 2
  • Heritage House Museum: 13.8 mi
  • Wegner Crystal Mines: 16.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Caddo Indian Memorial: 20.5 mi
  • V for Victory memorial: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 13.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Skaggs Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brushy Creek MountainWSW 248°544 m13.9 mi
Cedar Cabin MountainWSW 258°542 m12.0 mi
Blowout MountainWSW 243°519 m7.7 mi
Brantley MountainE 81°504 m1.1 mi
Linn Barker MountainWNW 289°497 m2.6 mi
Owens MountainSE 139°497 m4.3 mi
Lone Pine MountainENE 73°476 m5.6 mi
Pot MountainESE 112°472 m2.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice06:0219:5420:32
September equinox07:0318:4019:13
December solstice07:1916:2917:08

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 73596 — Skaggs Mountain, Yell County, Arkansas.

OpenStreetMap element node/359009793

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