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Liles Falls

Liles Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Liles Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 281 m. Shiloh Mountain stands 694 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Henry Koen Experimental Forest, a park 1.5 miles away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 2.0 miles off.

What the record says

Height
12.5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.05713, -93.19549

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Buck Point: 2.1 mi
  • Mutton Point: 2.2 mi
  • Sherman Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Round Mountain: 4.9 mi
  • Hambrick Knob: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls
Cliffs: 34
Parks: 17
  • Henry Koen Experimental Forest: 1.5 mi
  • Bradley Park: 3.6 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon Ranch: 6.4 mi
  • Steel Creek Use Area: 8.4 mi
  • centerpoint horsecamp: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Mystic Caverns: 5.8 mi
  • The Old Convertible: 19.4 mi
  • Overlook: 19.6 mi
  • Rock Garden: 22.2 mi
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 11.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Glencoe Spring: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Liles Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shiloh MountainSW 231°694 m11.7 mi
Henderson MountainS 182°692 m14.1 mi
Kilgore MountainWSW 252°682 m6.1 mi
Lost MountainSSW 213°677 m16.1 mi
Boat MountainENE 68°674 m9.9 mi
Moss MountainS 183°671 m7.6 mi
Sherman MountainWSW 240°670 m3.2 mi
Reynolds MountainSSW 208°668 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5119:25
June solstice05:5719:5620:34
September equinox07:0118:3719:11
December solstice07:2116:2317:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586775797871604940
Precip in3.02.84.25.25.54.23.73.44.44.03.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrison, 11 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs29035353964965123165.158.694.9131193285

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Buffalo River at Pruitt, AR, 3 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/12486548290

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