Bumpers Falls
Bumpers Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Strand Knob stands 561 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dewey Canyon Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Sylamore Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 8.2/21.7
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Sylamore Scenic Byway
- 125.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Push Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Cleveland Knob: 4.8 mi
- Perry Knob: 5.2 mi
- Almus Knob: 5.7 mi
- Pretty Hill: 6.1 mi
- Big Flat School Park: 6.9 mi
- Barkshed Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
- Jacob Wolf House Historic Site: 9.0 mi
- Gunner Pool Recreation Area: 10.1 mi
- Sylamore Experimental Forest: 10.3 mi
- Dewey Canyon Falls: 0.0 mi
- Heuston Falls: 0.2 mi
- Three Springs Falls: 0.5 mi
- Tassel Spring Falls: 1.5 mi
- Helen's Pouroff: 2.6 mi
- Stair Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Lone Rock: 7.3 mi
- White Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Red Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Crystal Point: 8.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 3.5 mi
- Sinkhole Icebox: 12.2 mi
- Blanchard Springs Caverns: 12.8 mi
- Blanchard Spring: 13.2 mi
- Mountain Home Farmer's Market: 17.1 mi
- Tassel Spring: 1.5 mi
- Hidden Spring: 10.8 mi
- Big Spring: 11.3 mi
- Pebble Spring: 12.6 mi
- Cotter Spring: 16.3 mi
- Jimmie White Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Hicks Hotel and Store: 12.4 mi
- Paper Airplane Donald's Imagination: 15.7 mi
- Mountain Home High School A-7 Corsair: 16.9 mi
- Devil’s Backbone Road Cut—Geology: 20.1 mi
- Tomlinson Art and Science Center: 11.6 mi
- Stone County Museum: 20.4 mi
- Ozark Heritage Arts Center: 21.4 mi
- Harness: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Bumpers Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strand Knob | S 183° | 561 m | 15.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 182° | 547 m | 15.7 mi |
| Barr Mountain | SW 219° | 530 m | 17.9 mi |
| Alco Mountain | S 190° | 523 m | 16.0 mi |
| Lee Mountain | SSW 201° | 507 m | 15.8 mi |
| Buzzard Roost Mountain | SSW 204° | 501 m | 14.5 mi |
| Roper Mountain | S 181° | 495 m | 13.4 mi |
| Round Mountain | SSW 199° | 390 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:52 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:19 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calico Rock 2 WSW, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Jul — fullest in Apr, leanest in Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 10,195 | 10,311 | 11,638 | 14,094 | 10,652 | 10,305 | 9,630 | 9,366 | 7,460 | 6,456 | 5,946 | 8,306 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge White River near Norfork, AR, 10 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/12486817320
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