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Mule Trail Falls

Mule Trail Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Mule Trail Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 561 m. Wahzhazhe Summit stands 781 m to the southwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Thousand Kisses Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

What the record says

Height
9.5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.89369, -93.44951

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cave Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Turner Ward Knob: 2.1 mi
  • Reeves Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Wahzhazhe Summit: 3.2 mi
  • Penitentiary Mountain: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 26
Parks: 23
  • Lost Valley State Park: 9.1 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon Ranch: 11.8 mi
  • Steel Creek Use Area: 11.8 mi
  • Alum Cove Natural Bridge Recreation Area: 12.3 mi
  • centerpoint horsecamp: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Lynn Hollow: 10.9 mi
  • Rock Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Byrd’s Adventure Center: 22.2 mi
  • Rock House: 22.9 mi
  • Mystic Caverns: 23.9 mi
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 3
  • Bradley House Museum: 16.5 mi
  • AGFC Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum: 17.3 mi
  • Madison County Historical Society: 21.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 9.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Mule Trail Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wahzhazhe SummitSW 230°781 m3.2 mi
Turner Ward KnobS 187°746 m2.1 mi
Isaac KnobWSW 242°741 m13.9 mi
Reeves MountainWNW 292°733 m2.6 mi
Garrett MountainWSW 242°730 m13.2 mi
Little Round MountainSE 133°702 m8.8 mi
Keck KnobW 260°701 m11.2 mi
Garlands KnobS 189°700 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5219:26
June solstice05:5819:5620:34
September equinox07:0218:3919:12
December solstice07:2116:2517:04

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, 9 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, 4 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/12486682102

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