Arkansas View Picnic Area
Arkansas View Picnic Area is a picnic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 420 m. Lead Hill stands 529 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Haden Bald, a peak 1.3 miles away. Glade Top Trail runs past it. 130 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- USFS
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- On the Glade Top Trail
- 23.8 mi off the Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway
- 27.9 mi off the Ozark Mountain Highroad
- 28.8 mi off the Ozark Mountain Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Smoke Tree Scenic Vista · 1 mi
- Watershed Divide Scenic Vista · 2 mi
- Caney Overlook · 3 mi
130 named places within 25 miles
- Haden Bald: 1.3 mi
- Pinnacle: 4.7 mi
- Coon Knob Hill: 8.1 mi
- Table Rock Knob: 10.0 mi
- Washington Bald: 10.6 mi
- Ava City Park: 12.2 mi
- Rippee State Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
- Spring Creek Public Use Area: 18.0 mi
- Caney Mountain State Game Refuge: 18.1 mi
- Kissee Mills Public Use Area: 18.3 mi
- Strong Spring: 11.2 mi
- Hoffmeister Spring: 13.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 13.5 mi
- Coon Spring: 13.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 13.6 mi
- Willie Lee: 6.6 mi
- Ruined Building: 10.0 mi
- Ruins - Log Cabin / Barn: 10.6 mi
- Douglas County Veterans Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Chateau Charmant: 23.1 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Shadow Rock: 21.5 mi
- Mays Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Cane Bottom Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Caney Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Wolf Junction: 6.7 mi
- Wilder Home Museum: 23.6 mi
- Laura Ingalls Wilder House: 23.7 mi
- The Falls: 13.4 mi
- Sweden Fork Natural Bridge: 13.7 mi
- Laura Ingals Wilder Statue: 23.8 mi
- Drury Conservation Area: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Arkansas View Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Hill | NNE 12° | 529 m | 22.6 mi |
| Keyger Mountain | NNW 334° | 508 m | 16.2 mi |
| Pilot Knob | N 357° | 460 m | 14.5 mi |
| Bear Cave Mountain | ESE 113° | 447 m | 17.9 mi |
| Pinnacle | SW 221° | 446 m | 4.7 mi |
| Coon Knob Hill | NE 42° | 445 m | 8.1 mi |
| Timber Knob | ESE 111° | 440 m | 14.9 mi |
| Long Mountain | ESE 113° | 440 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:19 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wasola 5N, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10995560418
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