Salado Creek Rest Area
Salado Creek Rest Area is a rest area in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Brock Mountain stands 366 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Salado Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 74 miles off.
Rest Area Facilities - Truck and Passenger Vehicle Parking, Restrooms, Picnic Tables
What to expect
How to reach it
- 74.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Salado Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Uncle Joe Warren Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.4 mi
- Neal Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Strother Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Pleasant Plains City Park: 4.6 mi
- Jamestown Crag: 9.0 mi
- Kennedy Park: 10.0 mi
- Riverside Park: 10.2 mi
- Fitzhugh Park: 10.5 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Paroquet Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Little Paroquet Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Berkley Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Speak Point: 17.2 mi
- Batesville Confederate Monument: 11.1 mi
- Jackson Guards Memorial: 16.7 mi
- Surrender at Jacksonport: 16.8 mi
- Beeler House: 22.6 mi
- Beeler Ferry: 22.6 mi
- Arkansas Lime Co. No. 2: 10.2 mi
- Greers Ferry National Fish Hatchery: 22.9 mi
- Junk Car: 23.2 mi
- Old Independence Regional Museum: 11.1 mi
- Rock and Roll Highway 67 Museum: 18.3 mi
- William Carl Garner Visitor Center: 22.9 mi
- Rock N Roll Highway Mural: 18.2 mi
- Collins Creek Cascade: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Salado Creek Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Mountain | WNW 299° | 366 m | 12.0 mi |
| Dump Mountain | WNW 295° | 344 m | 17.5 mi |
| Bone Hill | W 279° | 342 m | 12.0 mi |
| Decker Hill | W 265° | 326 m | 15.0 mi |
| Schoolhouse Hill | W 279° | 316 m | 17.0 mi |
| Jamestown Mountain | WNW 303° | 311 m | 8.2 mi |
| Rigdon Mountain | WSW 255° | 291 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bailey Mountain | WSW 249° | 280 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:18 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Batesville L&D 1, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/9825848817
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