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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 .
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.
The eastern slope of Pinnacle Mountain was a major source of material for the construction of the Lake Maumelle dam in the 1950s. [2] Located immediately northwest of Pinnacle Mountain , Lake Maumelle is a high-quality raw water supply serving a population of almost 398,000; the reservoir went online in 1958, at least two years after the Big ...
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.
A route of 8.72 miles (14.03 km) begins at Highway 365 north of Maumelle and runs east to Interstate 40 (I-40) in North Little Rock. This route was designated in 1987 and is maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT). Highway 100 in Maumelle, Arkansas near the interchange with I-430 looking west.
Over time, the term "Mamelle" became "Maumelle," which is a name now applied to the Big Maumelle and Little Maumelle rivers, Lake Maumelle, and two different communities in the area. Beginning in 1822, the local "Natural Steps" provided a convenient stop for Little Rock visitors to disembark for their hike to the mountain.
Pulaski County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas.With a population of 399,125 as of the 2020 United States Census, it is the most populous county in Arkansas. [1] The county is included in the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway metropolitan area.
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 ...