Horsetail Falls
Horsetail Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 399 m. Iceledo Mountain stands 670 m to the north, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Intersection Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 8.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 9.5/21.4
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway
- 24.3 mi off the Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- South Gap Scenic Point · 20 mi
- North Scenic Point · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Intersection Falls: 0.3 mi
- Six Finger Falls: 0.4 mi
- Fuzzy Butt Falls: 0.5 mi
- Keefe Falls: 1.0 mi
- Falling Water Falls: 2.4 mi
- Stump Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Mulberry Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Big Point: 3.5 mi
- Sugar Tree Knob: 3.6 mi
- Sutton Knob: 3.9 mi
- Doins Point: 9.8 mi
- Sam's Throne Overlook: 10.1 mi
- Sam's Throne: 10.1 mi
- Gower Point: 12.2 mi
- Rollins Point: 12.6 mi
- Richland Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Pedestal Rock Scenic Area: 4.8 mi
- Fairview Recreation Area: 8.7 mi
- Stack Rock Scenic Area: 9.1 mi
- Buffalo River State Wildlife Management Area: 16.0 mi
- Moore CCC Camp: 2.9 mi
- Devil’s Backbone Road Cut—Geology: 20.6 mi
- Plane Crash Memorial Plaque: 20.8 mi
- Rock Garden: 10.6 mi
- The Old Convertible: 14.4 mi
- Boy Scout Monument: 22.6 mi
- Ozark Heritage Arts Center: 22.1 mi
- Bradley House Museum: 22.1 mi
- AGFC Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum: 22.2 mi
- Racket Ridge: 22.0 mi
- Booger Hollow: 23.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 5.2 mi
- Glencoe Spring: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Horsetail Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceledo Mountain | N 352° | 670 m | 8.6 mi |
| Daniel Mountain | NW 323° | 665 m | 7.1 mi |
| Hudson Mountain | NW 308° | 654 m | 11.4 mi |
| Horn Mountain | N 2° | 651 m | 10.9 mi |
| Round Hill | N 1° | 649 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mulberry Mountain | SSE 168° | 647 m | 3.4 mi |
| Walker Mountain | SE 143° | 647 m | 7.4 mi |
| Shulers Point | NW 309° | 646 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 73 | 77 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dennard 10 WSW, 14 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 159 | 180 | 247 | 229 | 198 | 73.6 | 27.0 | 20.2 | 22.9 | 33.5 | 105 | 136 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Richland Creek near Witts Spring, AR, 3 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/12486755575
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