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Bumpers Falls

Bumpers Falls, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.09028, -92.34766

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Parks: 46
  • 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
Cliffs: 18
Attractions: 8
  • Rock Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Trail Head Lower Wilderness.: 8.3 mi
  • Sinkhole Icebox: 12.2 mi
  • Blanchard Springs Caverns: 12.8 mi
  • Blanchard Spring: 13.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • 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
Museums: 3
  • Tomlinson Art and Science Center: 11.6 mi
  • Stone County Museum: 20.4 mi
  • Ozark Heritage Arts Center: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Bumpers Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strand KnobS 183°561 m15.1 mi
Bald KnobS 182°547 m15.7 mi
Barr MountainSW 219°530 m17.9 mi
Alco MountainS 190°523 m16.0 mi
Lee MountainSSW 201°507 m15.8 mi
Buzzard Roost MountainSSW 204°501 m14.5 mi
Roper MountainS 181°495 m13.4 mi
Panther MountainS 171°440 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:21
June solstice05:5319:5220:30
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:1716:1916:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566573777669584738
Precip in3.43.34.85.55.13.63.83.63.83.84.33.9

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs10,19510,31111,63814,09410,65210,3059,6309,3667,4606,4565,9468,306

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12486817320

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