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Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls

Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 370 m. Shiloh Mountain stands 694 m to the south-southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Diamond Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 8.0 miles off.

The story

Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls is a single-drop waterfall located within the Ponca Wilderness Area of the Buffalo National River in northern Arkansas. The height of the falls is 209 feet (64 meters). According to the National Park Service, it is the "tallest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachians." The waterfall is located in Hemmed-In Hollow, a small valley closed in on three sides by 200-foot (61 m) bluffs. The area can be accessed from at least three different hiking trails; Centerpoint Trailhead and Compton Trailhead along State Highway 43 north of Ponca are probably the best choices for those wanting to park and hike in. Of the two, the latter offers the most direct access. From Compton the falls are 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from the trailhead, and the route is usually well marked and well maintained, though the hike out of Hemmed-In-Hollow is notoriously steep and difficult. For those floating the Buffalo River, the falls are an easy half-mile trek from the river trailhead and a three-mile hike from Kyle's Landing. For most of the year the flow over Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls is subdued and during dry periods can diminish to almost nothing. As one looks upward, the water breaks into thousands of individual droplets. Wind swirling in the canyon causes the falls to continually dance about. During times of heavy rain, typically during late winter or early spring, water spills heavily off the cliff.

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Wikidata Q10843109, matched on coordinates and name (4 m apart).

What the record says

Height
63.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.07207, -93.30740

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • California Point: 0.6 mi
  • Pickert Point: 1.9 mi
  • Fisher Point: 2.4 mi
  • Kilgore Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Queen Point: 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 30
Parks: 23
  • Steel Creek Use Area: 2.9 mi
  • centerpoint horsecamp: 3.0 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon Ranch: 4.6 mi
  • Lost Valley State Park: 5.7 mi
  • Henry Koen Experimental Forest: 7.2 mi
Museums: 7
  • Bradley House Museum: 8.0 mi
  • AGFC Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Boone County Heritage Museum: 15.3 mi
  • Memory Lane Museum: 23.3 mi
  • Madison County Historical Society: 24.3 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Plane Crash Memorial Plaque: 9.2 mi
  • Boone County Men Served Both Armies / Military Activity in Boone County: 15.6 mi
  • Madison County War Memorial: 24.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Mystic Caverns: 10.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Glencoe Spring: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shiloh MountainSSW 198°694 m8.9 mi
Kilgore MountainS 170°682 m2.9 mi
Lost MountainS 190°677 m14.8 mi
Moss MountainSE 146°671 m10.5 mi
Sherman MountainSE 127°670 m4.3 mi
Reynolds MountainSSE 155°668 m7.4 mi
Taylor MountainS 177°661 m10.6 mi
Cave MountainSW 216°658 m12.7 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/12486548286

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