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Bear Skull Falls

Bear Skull Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Skull Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 352 m. Turner Ward Knob stands 746 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Slot Rock Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.

What the record says

Height
6.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.66985, -93.36237

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Ozone Mountain: 2.8 mi
  • Shaft Point: 3.0 mi
  • Dow Point: 3.6 mi
  • Thompson Knob: 3.9 mi
  • Rich Knob: 4.1 mi
Parks: 28
  • Mineral Springs Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
  • Ozone Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
  • Haw Creek Falls Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
  • Long Pool Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
  • Clarksville Pocket Park: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 15
Historic sites: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Lynn Hollow: 11.2 mi
  • Rock Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Byrd’s Adventure Center: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Bridge: 19.6 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 23.9 mi
Museums: 1
  • Johnson County Historical Society: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Bear Skull Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turner Ward KnobNNW 339°746 m14.3 mi
Little Round MountainN 9°702 m9.6 mi
Garlands KnobWNW 302°700 m7.8 mi
Cowan KnobNW 304°699 m8.9 mi
Napoleon KnobWNW 298°697 m7.9 mi
Davis KnobNE 41°688 m11.7 mi
Devils KnobNNW 328°682 m4.5 mi
Moonhull MountainNW 309°682 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5219:25
June solstice05:5919:5520:33
September equinox07:0218:3819:12
December solstice07:2016:2517:04

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250596876808073625041
Precip in3.73.44.95.35.84.04.23.84.24.55.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksville 6 NE, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12486682142

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