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Mt Magazine Falls

Mt Magazine Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Mt Magazine Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 714 m. Magazine Mountain stands 837 m to the west-southwest, 0.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Magazine State Park, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Mount Magazine Scenic Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Height
8.5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.16913, -93.63763

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 58
  • Cameron Bluff Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
  • Brown Springs Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
  • Greenfield Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
  • (former) Dripping Springs Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
  • East End Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
Springs: 12
  • Brown's Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Turkey Springs: 0.9 mi
  • Slocum Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Buckman's Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Cold Spring: 2.2 mi
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 8
Historic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 4
Museums: 4
  • Logan County "Old Jail" Museum: 10.1 mi
  • Johnson County Historical Society: 23.0 mi
  • Ozark Area Depot Museum: 24.3 mi
  • Belle Museum & Chapel: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Needle's Eye: 1.8 mi
  • The Window: 1.8 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Buckman's Pool: 2.2 mi
  • Lover's Leap: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Mt Magazine Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Magazine MountainWSW 252°837 m0.4 mi
Signal HillWSW 253°837 m0.4 mi
Petit Jean MountainSSW 199°745 m10.7 mi
Flood MountainSSW 202°684 m9.4 mi
Potato Hill MountainS 185°677 m8.5 mi
Hogan MountainSSW 209°630 m13.7 mi
Beurknob MountainSSW 210°616 m15.3 mi
Kingdoodle KnobSW 216°612 m17.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice06:0119:5520:33
September equinox07:0318:4019:13
December solstice07:2016:2817:07

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394351606977818073625041
Precip in3.43.44.94.95.03.73.83.64.03.84.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue MTN DAM, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12486917859

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