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Pinnacle Mountain State Park is a 2,356-acre state park located in Pulaski County, Arkansas just outside of Little Rock. [1] The main attraction is Pinnacle Mountain , an iconic landmark surrounded by the bottomlands of the Big Maumelle and Little Maumelle rivers.
The Little Maumelle River empties into the Arkansas River at Two Rivers Park approximately 6.6 miles (10.6 km) east of Pinnacle Mountain. The United States Board on Geographic Names once defined a mountain as any landform greater than 1,000 feet (305 m) of local relief and a hill as any landform less than 1,000 feet (305 m) of local relief.
In the 1920s, a one-lane truss bridge was built on the old Highway 300 to cross the Big Maumelle River). It is on the list of Historic Bridges of the United States (Maumelle River AR 300 Bridge) for Pulaski County, Arkansas. The bridge still stands in the shadow of Pinnacle Mountain, but was made obsolete by a new bridge in 1981.
Lake Maumelle is a man-made lake in central Arkansas, United States, in Pulaski County, and covers 8,900 acres. It is one of the primary drinking water sources for Little Rock, Arkansas . It is locally popular for boating and fishing.
Maumelle is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census , the city's population was 19,251. The city is located northwest of Little Rock , bordering the opposite shore of the Arkansas River and is part of the Little Rock metropolitan area .
The park's diverse habitats range from high upland rocky peaks, upland forests, and wetlands and bottomlands along the Big and Little Maumelle rivers. The various habitats provide many outdoor recreational and educational opportunities. Included in these are canoe and boat tours led by park interpreters.
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The old Highway 300 bridge over the Big Maumelle River is visible from the new bridge. In the 1920s, a one-lane truss bridge was built on Highway 300 to cross the Big Maumelle River. The bridge still stands in the shadow of Pinnacle Mountain, but was made obsolete by a new bridge in 1981. Today, it is only open to pedestrians for fishing and ...