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Dockery Gap Falls

Dockery Gap Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Dockery Gap Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 430 m. Hare Mountain stands 726 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sloan Knob, a peak 1.8 miles away. Pig Trail Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

What the record says

Height
11 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.72052, -94.01717

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Sloan Knob: 1.8 mi
  • Government Knob: 1.8 mi
  • Richason Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Wakefield Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 3.3 mi
Parks: 52
  • White Rock Mountain Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
  • Lake Ft. Smith Park: 5.9 mi
  • Grays Spring Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
  • River Ridge Park: 8.0 mi
  • Winslow Tunnel Park: 8.4 mi
Springs: 5
  • Mullers Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Sand Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Shepherd Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Fugit Springs: 5.9 mi
  • Maddux Spring: 6.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Historic sites: 5
Gardens: 5
  • White River Garden Bed: 23.2 mi
  • Kessler Regional Bed: 23.5 mi
  • Walker Annual Bed: 24.0 mi
  • Walker Garden Berm Bed: 24.0 mi
  • Mount Sequoyah Gardens: 24.8 mi
Museums: 4
  • Ozark Area Depot Museum: 19.5 mi
  • Arkansas Air & Military Museum: 21.6 mi
  • Methodist Mance: 24.9 mi
  • Historic Cane Hill Museum: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Rock House: 11.5 mi
  • Byrd’s Adventure Center: 15.7 mi
  • Historic Homesteads: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Dockery Gap Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hare MountainE 80°726 m14.8 mi
Denny MountainNNE 13°718 m7.7 mi
Fly Gap MountainE 79°718 m13.3 mi
Pilot KnobESE 115°711 m3.3 mi
Bowles MountainE 97°707 m3.5 mi
Whiting MountainENE 77°707 m10.6 mi
Whiting MountainE 84°705 m11.3 mi
Phelps MountainENE 58°704 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:28
June solstice06:0119:5820:36
September equinox07:0518:4119:15
December solstice07:2316:2717:07

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250596775807871604940
Precip in3.33.14.55.36.34.54.14.15.14.94.73.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mountainburg 2 NE, 9 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs11.613.219.520.218.48.23.01.62.64.06.49.6

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Jack Creek near Winfrey, AR, 4 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/12485493698

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