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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: 28
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 15.4 miles of Fishtrap Hollow Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reeves MountainSW733 m15.3 mi
Shiloh MountainSSW694 m8.6 mi
Kilgore MountainS682 m2.4 mi
Lost MountainSSW677 m14.4 mi
Boat MountainENE674 m15.2 mi
Moss MountainSSE671 m9.8 mi
Sherman MountainSE670 m3.7 mi
Reynolds MountainSSE668 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 50–80 °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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