Backbone Ridge

Backbone Ridge: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. 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 Backbone Ridge

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

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

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

How to reach Backbone Ridge — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.26749, -91.74701. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Backbone Ridge

• Cumberland Presbyterian Church · fort · White · ~3 km · Must-see
• Trinity Episcopal Church · fort · White · ~3 km · Must-see
• First Methodist Church · church · White · ~3 km · Must-see
• 155 mm gun M1 · attraction · White · ~4 km · Must-see
• Smyrna Methodist Church · church · White · ~12 km · Must-see
• Crow Lake · lake · Tunica · ~37 km · Must-see
• Sugar Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Cleburne · ~41 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Dam · lake · Cleburne · ~45 km · Must-see
• Woolly Hollow State Park · park · Faulkner · ~61 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Lake · lake · Cleburne · ~65 km · Must-see
• Lonoke Confederate Monument · fort · Lonoke · ~69 km · Must-see
• Saint Pauls Episcopal Church · church · Independence · ~71 km · Must-see
• Jacksonport State Park · park · Jackson · ~71 km · Must-see
• Downtown Church of Christ · church · White · ~2 km
• American Legion Hall · fort · White · ~2 km
• Jesse N. Cypert Law Office · fort · White · ~3 km
• Wilbur D. Mills Court Building · fort · White · ~3 km
• Searcy Confederate Monument · fort · White · ~3 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Backbone Ridge

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Backbone Ridge

• Sugar Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Cleburne · ~41 km · Must-see
• Toltec Mounds Site · viewpoint · Lonoke · ~94 km · Must-see
• Pinnacle Mountain · viewpoint · Pulaski · ~103 km · Must-see
• Shinall Mountain · viewpoint · Pulaski · ~107 km · Must-see
• Bee Rock · viewpoint · White · ~4 km
• Honey Hill Ridge · viewpoint · White · ~10 km
• Jaybird Hollow · viewpoint · White · ~11 km
• Mossy Point · viewpoint · White · ~11 km
• Peanut Ridge · viewpoint · White · ~15 km
• Des Arc Mountain · viewpoint · White · ~19 km

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