Black Mountain

Black Mountain: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Black Mountain

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Busiest days: Weekends, public holidays, Sankranti and Dasara breaks.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach Black Mountain — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.67092, -93.88186. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Black Mountain

• Center Point Road · fort · Crawford · ~27 km · Must-see
• Our Lady of the Ozarks Shrine · church · Crawford · ~29 km · Must-see
• Saint Mary Catholic Church · church · Franklin · ~33 km · Must-see
• Devil's Den State Park · park · Washington · ~44 km · Must-see
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Johnson · ~55 km · Must-see
• Arkansas Air & Military Museum · museum · Washington · ~57 km · Must-see
• Upper Buffalo Wilderness · sanctuary · Newton · ~58 km · Must-see
• Subiaco Abbey · church · Logan · ~59 km · Must-see
• Evergreen Cemetery · sanctuary · Washington · ~64 km · Must-see
• John Paul Hammerschmidt Lake · lake · Arkansas · ~64 km · Must-see
• Gyobutsuji Zen Monastery · Buddhist site · Madison · ~65 km · Must-see
• Cane Hill Mountain · viewpoint · Washington · ~67 km · Must-see
• Ozark-Saint Francis National Forest · sanctuary · Johnson · ~68 km · Must-see
• Strengthen the Arm of Liberty Monument · attraction · Washington · ~69 km · Must-see
• Withrow Springs State Park · park · Madison · ~69 km · Must-see
• Botanical Garden of the Ozarks · sanctuary · Washington · ~70 km · Must-see
• Lake Fayetteville · lake · Washington · ~71 km · Must-see
• St. Scholastica Monastery · church · Sebastian · ~71 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Black Mountain

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Black Mountain

• Cane Hill Mountain · viewpoint · Washington · ~67 km · Must-see
• Arkansas River Valley · viewpoint · Johnson · ~72 km · Must-see
• Magazine Mountain · viewpoint · Logan · ~75 km · Must-see
• Sam's Throne · viewpoint · Newton · ~98 km · Must-see
• Arkansas Valley · viewpoint · Sebastian · ~117 km · Must-see
• Bear Hollow · viewpoint · Benton · ~123 km · Must-see
• Cavanal Hill · viewpoint · LeFlore · ~123 km · Must-see
• Rough Hollow · viewpoint · Benton · ~124 km · Must-see
• Bobs Knob · viewpoint · Benton · ~129 km · Must-see
• Pigeon Roost Hollow · viewpoint · McDonald · ~136 km · Must-see

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