Copperhead Falls
Copperhead Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 387 m. Turner Ward Knob stands 746 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Tunnel Cave Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 4 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway
- 10.1 mi off the Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- North Scenic Point · 7 mi
- South Gap Scenic Point · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kilgore Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Sherman Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Fisher Point: 2.4 mi
- California Point: 3.0 mi
- Mutton Point: 3.4 mi
- Tunnel Cave Falls: 0.0 mi
- Hammerschmidt Falls: 0.5 mi
- Triple Falls: 2.4 mi
- Fishtrap Hollow Falls: 2.5 mi
- Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls: 3.1 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Bee Bluff: 2.0 mi
- Big Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Jim Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Gar Hole Bluff: 2.5 mi
- Horseshoe Canyon Ranch: 1.6 mi
- Steel Creek Use Area: 3.3 mi
- centerpoint horsecamp: 4.7 mi
- Lost Valley State Park: 5.0 mi
- Bradley Park: 5.4 mi
- Mystic Caverns: 10.9 mi
- Rock Garden: 21.9 mi
- Lynn Hollow: 23.6 mi
- The Old Convertible: 23.8 mi
- Bradley House Museum: 5.8 mi
- AGFC Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum: 6.2 mi
- Boone County Heritage Museum: 16.9 mi
- Plane Crash Memorial Plaque: 6.7 mi
- Boone County Men Served Both Armies / Military Activity in Boone County: 17.1 mi
- Moore CCC Camp: 24.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 5.6 mi
- Glencoe Spring: 22.9 mi
- Oregon: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Copperhead Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Ward Knob | SW 219° | 746 m | 14.8 mi |
| Reeves Mountain | SW 234° | 733 m | 14.2 mi |
| Shiloh Mountain | SW 215° | 694 m | 6.7 mi |
| Henderson Mountain | SSE 159° | 692 m | 13.1 mi |
| Kilgore Mountain | W 274° | 682 m | 0.6 mi |
| Lost Mountain | SSW 197° | 677 m | 12.2 mi |
| Boat Mountain | ENE 68° | 674 m | 15.4 mi |
| Moss Mountain | SE 140° | 671 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:56 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingston 2S, 13 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 223 | 263 | 410 | 417 | 434 | 163 | 39.4 | 53.2 | 34.2 | 102 | 104 | 210 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Buffalo River at Ponca, AR, 4 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/12486548291
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