Mount Magazine

Mount Magazine
Looking west from Mount Magazine's Cameron Bluff (October 2013)
Highest point
Elevation2,753 ft (839 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence2,143 ft (653 m)[2]
Listing
Coordinates35°10′01″N 93°38′41″W / 35.167016203°N 93.644725919°W / 35.167016203; -93.644725919[1]
Geography
Mount Magazine is located in Arkansas
Mount Magazine
Mount Magazine
LocationLogan County, Arkansas, U.S.
Parent rangeOuachita Mountains, U.S. Interior Highlands
Topo mapUSGS Blue Mountain
Climbing
Easiest routePaved road

Mount Magazine, officially named Magazine Mountain, is the highest point of the U.S. Interior Highlands and the U.S. state of Arkansas, and is the site of Mount Magazine State Park.[3] It is a flat-topped mountain or mesa capped by hard rock and rimmed by precipitous cliffs. There are two summits atop the mountain: Signal Hill, which reaches 2,753 feet (839 m), and Mossback Ridge, which reaches 2,700 ft (823 m).

Mount Magazine is often called "the highest point between the Alleghenies and the Rockies" (there are mountains located in the Trans-Pecos region of far-west Texas which exceed Mount Magazine in elevation and prominence, although the Trans-Pecos region lies so far south of the Rockies, that region arguably lies not "between" the Allegheny Mountains and the Rocky Mountains).

  1. ^ a b "MAG". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
  2. ^ "Magazine Mountain, Arkansas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
  3. ^ "Mount Magazine State Park". Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-01-02.