Cougar Falls
Cougar Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 332 m. Strand Knob stands 561 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is China Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Sylamore Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 23.5 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Sylamore Scenic Byway
- 124.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Push Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Almus Knob: 4.0 mi
- Tater Hill: 4.7 mi
- Ramsey Knob: 5.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Big Flat School Park: 3.1 mi
- Barkshed Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Gunner Pool Recreation Area: 9.8 mi
- Sylamore Experimental Forest: 11.1 mi
- Blanchard Springs Recreation Area: 12.2 mi
- China Falls: 0.4 mi
- Little Glory Hole: 0.7 mi
- Crosscut Falls: 1.1 mi
- Tassel Spring Falls: 2.5 mi
- Three Springs Falls: 3.4 mi
- Stair Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Crystal Point: 10.2 mi
- Lone Rock: 10.5 mi
- White Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Lover's Leap: 11.5 mi
- Rock Garden: 7.3 mi
- Sinkhole Icebox: 11.0 mi
- Blanchard Springs Caverns: 12.2 mi
- Blanchard Spring: 12.5 mi
- Boy Scout Monument: 17.2 mi
- Tassel Spring: 2.4 mi
- Hidden Spring: 11.1 mi
- Pebble Spring: 11.6 mi
- Big Spring: 12.0 mi
- Cotter Spring: 18.1 mi
- Jimmie White Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Hicks Hotel and Store: 12.1 mi
- Devil’s Backbone Road Cut—Geology: 16.7 mi
- Paper Airplane Donald's Imagination: 19.0 mi
- Mountain Home High School A-7 Corsair: 20.1 mi
- Tomlinson Art and Science Center: 14.1 mi
- Ozark Heritage Arts Center: 17.7 mi
- Stone County Museum: 19.1 mi
- Harness: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Cougar Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strand Knob | S 176° | 561 m | 11.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 175° | 547 m | 12.3 mi |
| Barr Mountain | SW 222° | 530 m | 14.2 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SW 218° | 528 m | 15.7 mi |
| Alco Mountain | S 185° | 523 m | 12.3 mi |
| Lee Mountain | SSW 199° | 507 m | 12.0 mi |
| Buzzard Roost Mountain | SSW 203° | 501 m | 10.7 mi |
| McCutchen Hill | SSW 203° | 500 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:52 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:20 | 17:00 |
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, 13 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–May, Dec — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 47.0 | 64.3 | 98.1 | 117 | 77.9 | 27.6 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 14.1 | 18.6 | 41.9 | 60.3 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge North Sylamore Creek near Fifty Six, 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/12486817313
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