Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument Mountain, then an island, on 1 March 1565. The site was chosen to guard the entrance to Guanabara Bay, and the mountain was important as a signalling point. A landfill connected the island to the mainland in 1697, and various buildings were erected to defend the territory, but the Urca urban neighborhood was only built 300 years after the city was founded. The Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument was created by the city of Rio de Janeiro by municipal decree 26578 of 1 June 2006. The objectives are to guarantee green spaces for leisure in a natural area,
Sugarloaf Mountain (Cleburne County, Arkansas) the climb on the island peak is aided by a wooden staircase. Like many other locations on the lake, Sugar Loaf island is embellished by a nearby campground and boat ramp (on the lake's main shore) maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. 1. This section courtesy Cleburne County Historical Society and is excerpted from Time and The River, by Evalena Berry 2. Robin Harris added her two bits. Sugarloaf Mountain (Cleburne County, Arkansas) Sugar Loaf Mountain an accessible buttes in the vicinity of—or within the waters of(!)-- Greers Ferry Lake in Cleburne and Van Buren Counties in