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King's River Falls

King's River Falls, seen from above at true elevation

King's River Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 510 m. Wahzhazhe Summit stands 781 m to the east-southeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Venus Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway passes 9.9 miles off.

What the record says

Height
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.90184, -93.57447

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Venus Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Penitentiary Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Allen Knob: 2.8 mi
  • Reeves Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Keck Knob: 4.7 mi
Parks: 23
  • Lost Valley State Park: 13.5 mi
  • Madison County Fair Grounds: 14.8 mi
  • Ampitheater: 15.5 mi
  • Huntsville Mitchusson Park: 15.6 mi
  • Time Capsule: 15.7 mi
Cliffs: 14
Attractions: 3
  • Lynn Hollow: 10.5 mi
  • Rock House: 17.3 mi
  • Byrd’s Adventure Center: 18.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 3
  • Madison County Historical Society: 15.9 mi
  • Bradley House Museum: 22.8 mi
  • AGFC Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum: 23.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 13.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Fugit Springs: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wahzhazhe SummitESE781 m5.2 mi
Turner Ward KnobESE746 m7.3 mi
Isaac KnobSW741 m8.8 mi
Reeves MountainE733 m4.6 mi
Garrett MountainSW730 m8.2 mi
Hare MountainSW726 m14.2 mi
Hall MountainW717 m10.5 mi
Cooper MountainSW709 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:26
June solstice05:5919:5720:35
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:2216:2517:05

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, 8 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs11314122021719169.615.515.019.335.988.9109

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Buffalo River near Boxley, AR, 10 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/12485385011

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