Lower Armadillo Falls
Lower Armadillo Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 438 m. Wahzhazhe Summit stands 781 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Armadillo Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway passes 7.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 24'
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway
- 10.8 mi off the Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway
- 27.1 mi off the Pig Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- North Scenic Point · 11 mi
- South Gap Scenic Point · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fisher Point: 3.4 mi
- Shiloh Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Kilgore Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Arms Mountain: 5.0 mi
- California Point: 5.1 mi
- Middle Armadillo Falls: 0.0 mi
- Upper Armadillo Falls: 0.0 mi
- Eden Falls: 0.4 mi
- Hammerschmidt Falls: 5.2 mi
- Hedges Pouroff: 5.3 mi
- Roark Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Bee Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Big Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Jim Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Lost Valley State Park: 0.5 mi
- Steel Creek Use Area: 2.8 mi
- centerpoint horsecamp: 3.5 mi
- Horseshoe Canyon Ranch: 5.0 mi
- Bradley Park: 10.4 mi
- Bradley House Museum: 10.8 mi
- AGFC Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum: 11.4 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 20.7 mi
- Boone County Heritage Museum: 21.0 mi
- Memory Lane Museum: 24.9 mi
- Plane Crash Memorial Plaque: 11.4 mi
- Madison County War Memorial: 20.5 mi
- Boone County Men Served Both Armies / Military Activity in Boone County: 21.3 mi
- Ozone CCC Camp: 24.1 mi
- Mystic Caverns: 15.9 mi
- Lynn Hollow: 20.1 mi
- Rock Garden: 23.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 0.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Lower Armadillo Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wahzhazhe Summit | SSW 211° | 781 m | 12.2 mi |
| Turner Ward Knob | SSW 201° | 746 m | 11.3 mi |
| Reeves Mountain | SW 220° | 733 m | 9.7 mi |
| Little Round Mountain | S 170° | 702 m | 14.7 mi |
| Shiloh Mountain | SSE 164° | 694 m | 4.7 mi |
| Henderson Mountain | SE 139° | 692 m | 15.0 mi |
| Kilgore Mountain | ENE 77° | 682 m | 4.7 mi |
| Lost Mountain | S 171° | 677 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:56 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:24 | 17:04 |
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 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
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 May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 223 | 263 | 410 | 417 | 434 | 163 | 39.4 | 53.2 | 34.2 | 102 | 104 | 210 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Buffalo River at Ponca, AR, 2 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/12486548294
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