Dockery Gap Falls
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
- 10.8 mi off the Pig Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Jack White Falls: 4.0 mi
- White Rock Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- White Rock Creek Cascade: 4.4 mi
- Devil's Canyon Falls: 5.8 mi
- Devil's Canyon Jr Falls: 6.0 mi
- 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
- Mannon Homesite: 13.6 mi
- CCC Fireplace: 13.8 mi
- Parley P. Pratt Memorial and Gravesite: 17.0 mi
- Battle Monument: 24.5 mi
- World Peace Fountain: 24.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Rock House: 11.5 mi
- Byrd’s Adventure Center: 15.7 mi
- Historic Homesteads: 18.2 mi
- Brentwood: 11.6 mi
- Ozark Rest Area – Eastbound: 16.7 mi
- Ozark Rest Area - Westbound: 17.3 mi
- Joe Salee Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Shaffer Bluff: 18.2 mi
- World Peace Wetland Prairie: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Dockery Gap Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hare Mountain | E 80° | 726 m | 14.8 mi |
| Denny Mountain | NNE 13° | 718 m | 7.7 mi |
| Fly Gap Mountain | E 79° | 718 m | 13.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ESE 115° | 711 m | 3.3 mi |
| Cooper Mountain | ENE 70° | 709 m | 15.7 mi |
| Bowles Mountain | E 97° | 707 m | 3.5 mi |
| Whiting Mountain | ENE 77° | 707 m | 10.6 mi |
| Phelps Mountain | ENE 58° | 704 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:58 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 11.6 | 13.2 | 19.5 | 20.2 | 18.4 | 8.2 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 9.6 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12485493698
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