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Fishtrap Hollow Falls

Fishtrap Hollow Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Fishtrap Hollow Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 373 m. Reeves Mountain stands 733 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 7.3 miles off.

The story

valley in Newton County, Arkansas, United States of America

Wikidata Q35444989, matched on coordinates and name (543 m apart).

What the record says

Height
25.3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.06498, -93.29868

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • California Point: 1.0 mi
  • Fisher Point: 2.3 mi
  • Kilgore Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Pickert Point: 2.5 mi
  • Sherman Mountain: 3.7 mi
Cliffs: 30
Parks: 18
  • Steel Creek Use Area: 3.0 mi
  • centerpoint horsecamp: 3.5 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon Ranch: 4.0 mi
  • Lost Valley State Park: 5.7 mi
  • Henry Koen Experimental Forest: 6.6 mi
Museums: 5
  • Bradley House Museum: 7.4 mi
  • AGFC Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum: 7.6 mi
  • Boone County Heritage Museum: 15.4 mi
  • Memory Lane Museum: 23.9 mi
  • Madison County Historical Society: 24.8 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Plane Crash Memorial Plaque: 8.5 mi
  • Boone County Men Served Both Armies / Military Activity in Boone County: 15.6 mi
  • Madison County War Memorial: 24.5 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Mystic Caverns: 10.3 mi
  • Rock Garden: 24.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 5.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Glencoe Spring: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Fishtrap Hollow Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reeves MountainSW 225°733 m15.3 mi
Shiloh MountainSSW 203°694 m8.6 mi
Kilgore MountainS 180°682 m2.4 mi
Lost MountainSSW 192°677 m14.4 mi
Boat MountainENE 78°674 m15.2 mi
Moss MountainSSE 146°671 m9.8 mi
Sherman MountainSE 126°670 m3.7 mi
Reynolds MountainSSE 157°668 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:25
June solstice05:5719:5620:34
September equinox07:0218:3819:12
December solstice07:2116:2317:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846556371757568584637
Precip in3.33.04.35.25.54.84.43.54.24.54.13.4

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs22326341041743416339.453.234.2102104210

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12486548288

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