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Middle Armadillo Falls

Middle Armadillo Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Middle Armadillo Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 444 m. Wahzhazhe Summit stands 781 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower 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
18'

How to reach it

Coordinates36.01590, -93.38124

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Fisher Point: 3.4 mi
  • Shiloh Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Kilgore Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Arms Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Pickert Point: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 29
Parks: 25
  • 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
Museums: 5
  • 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: 24.8 mi
Historic sites: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Mystic Caverns: 15.9 mi
  • Lynn Hollow: 20.1 mi
  • Rock Garden: 23.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 0.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Middle Armadillo Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wahzhazhe SummitSSW 211°781 m12.3 mi
Turner Ward KnobSSW 201°746 m11.3 mi
Reeves MountainSW 220°733 m9.7 mi
Little Round MountainS 170°702 m14.7 mi
Shiloh MountainSSE 164°694 m4.7 mi
Kilgore MountainENE 78°682 m4.7 mi
Lost MountainS 171°677 m10.8 mi
Moss MountainESE 115°671 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5219:26
June solstice05:5819:5620:34
September equinox07:0218:3819:12
December solstice07:2116:2417:04

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, 8 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, 2 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/12599948180

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