Brown Creek Cascade
Brown Creek Cascade is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 255 m. Barton Mountain stands 571 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 2.4 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Short Mountain Vista · 13 mi
- Goat Rock Viewpoint · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Flatside Pinnacle: 1.3 mi
- North Fork Pinnacle: 2.2 mi
- Crystal Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Rody Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Lake Sylvia Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Alum Creek Experimental Forest: 9.3 mi
- Cypress Creek Park: 12.3 mi
- South Fourche Roadside Park: 12.5 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Access: 12.6 mi
- Watson Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Slaty Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Millie Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Goat Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Hopper Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Forked Mountain Falls: 8.1 mi
- Twist Cascade: 8.4 mi
- Seven Hollows Grotto: 16.4 mi
- Cedar Falls: 17.9 mi
- Blocker Creek Cascade: 20.5 mi
- Perry County Historical Museum: 10.8 mi
- Little Italy Arkansas Heritage Society: 17.4 mi
- Museum Of Automobiles: 18.3 mi
- Depot Museum: 21.5 mi
- Harris Brake State Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
- Petit Jean State Park: 18.0 mi
- Pinnacle Mountain State Park: 23.4 mi
- Jessieville CCC Camp: 12.7 mi
- Operation Iraqi Freedom: 21.8 mi
- Iron Springs Recreation Area: 12.6 mi
- Iron Spring: 12.7 mi
- Giant Sawdust Pile: 15.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 16.5 mi
- Carter Cove Beach: 20.9 mi
- Arkansas Arboretum: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Brown Creek Cascade. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barton Mountain | SW 231° | 571 m | 10.3 mi |
| Smith Pinnacle | SW 231° | 571 m | 10.3 mi |
| Angling Pinnacle | SW 214° | 530 m | 7.6 mi |
| Locust Mountain | WSW 253° | 519 m | 15.6 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SW 235° | 518 m | 3.3 mi |
| Grindstone Mountain | WSW 242° | 489 m | 4.0 mi |
| North Deckard Mountain | WSW 253° | 489 m | 14.3 mi |
| Deckard Mountain | WSW 248° | 489 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:52 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alum FK, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 70.3 | 83.4 | 93.8 | 86.0 | 69.1 | 27.4 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 20.9 | 20.0 | 41.3 | 76.2 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Alum Fork Saline River near Reform, AR, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12487215699
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