Of course there are NGS Benchmarks on Shinall Mountain. The only surprise was that only one of them is a transmitter tower, EJ1756 SHINALL MTN TV STA KARK KTHV. See: (
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"SHINALL MOUNTAIN
Shinall Mountain, elevation 1,056 ft (322 m), is located near the Chenal Valley neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas, in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains. It is the highest point in Pulaski County.
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Although Pinnacle Mountain, in Pinnacle Mountain State Park to the north, is more prominent because it is located near the Arkansas River (even the USGS quad map for the Shinall Mountain area is called "Pinnacle Mountain"), it is only 1,011 feet (308 m), slightly shorter than Shinall Mountain.
Other than the Chenal Valley neighborhood, Shinall Mountain is best known for the numerous broadcast towers built atop it. The transmitters of television stations KARK-TV, KARZ-TV, KKAP, KLRT-TV, and KTHV, as well as the KLRA-CD repeater of KMYA-DT and numerous radio stations, are located there. The KARK/KTHV was built in 1954 and KARK-FM (now KABZ) was added in 1967. In 1972, KLAZ now KURB became the first stand-alone FM station on Shinall. In 1984, KLRT became the first stand-alone TV station on Shinall Mountain. Shinall is also the transmitter location of NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards station WXJ55, which is programmed by the National Weather Service Forecast Office over in North Little Rock. The station covers the Little Rock Metro area and the rest of Central Arkansas.
After the 2008 collapse of its former tower near Redfield, KATV started broadcasting from Shinall Mountain using KTHV's backup analog transmitter and a digital subchannel of KWBF; it received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval to relocate its tower there permanently and now broadcasts from Shinall Mountain. With the relocation of KATV, the Little Rock affiliates of the "big four" networks (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC), as well as MyNetworkTV, RTN and Daystar, all broadcast from Shinall Mountain."
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"Shinall Mountain antenna farm
Coordinates: 34°47'55" N, 92°29'29" W ; Ground Elevation AMSL: 1056 ft (322 m)
Shinall Mountain is located near the Chenal Valley neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas, in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains. It is the highest point in Pulaski County. Shinall Mountain is best known for the numerous broadcast towers built atop it. The transmitters of television stations KARK-TV (NBC Ch. 4), KTHV (CBS Ch. 11), KLRT-TV (Fox Ch. 16), KARZ-TV (MyTV Ch. 42) and KKAP (Daystar Ch. 36), KKYK-CD (SSN Ch. 30), KMYA-DT (MeTV Ch. 49) and numerous radio stations, are located there. The KARK/KTHV was built in 1954 and KARK-FM (now KABZ) was added in 1967. Shinall is also the transmitter location of NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards station WXJ55, which is programmed by the National Weather Service Forecast Office over in North Little Rock. The station covers the Little Rock Metro area and the rest of Central Arkansas. The Little Rock affiliates of the "big four" networks (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC), as well as MyNetworkTV, RTN and Daystar, all broadcast from Shinall Mountain."
Our photos of Shinall Mountain were taken from Pinnacle Mountain, where among other adventures, we picked and ate wild blackberries, climbed to the summit of the mountain, ate bugs (on purpose) to join the Eat a Bug Club, and Daddy Blaster almost lost his finger when he was reaching under a rockpile for a cache and the pile collapsed. His wedding ring saved his finger, but needed some serious repairs when we got home.