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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: 56
  • 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
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
Nature reserves: 3
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 21.8 miles of Mt Magazine Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Magazine MountainWSW837 m0.4 mi
Signal HillWSW837 m0.4 mi
Petit Jean MountainSSW745 m10.7 mi
Flood MountainSSW684 m9.4 mi
Potato Hill MountainS677 m8.5 mi
White Oak MountainSW674 m21.8 mi
Hogan MountainSSW630 m13.7 mi
Beurknob MountainSSW616 m15.3 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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