Mule Trail Falls
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
- 3.6 mi off the Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway
- 20.0 mi off the Pig Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- South Gap Scenic Point · 16 mi
- North Scenic Point · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thousand Kisses Falls: 0.1 mi
- Lower Haley Falls: 0.1 mi
- Upper Haley Falls: 0.2 mi
- Beagle Point Falls: 1.1 mi
- Wild Burro Falls: 1.2 mi
- 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
- Rainbow Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Roark Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Bee Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Big Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Jim Bluff: 13.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- Ozone CCC Camp: 15.4 mi
- Plane Crash Memorial Plaque: 16.4 mi
- Madison County War Memorial: 20.9 mi
- Bradley House Museum: 16.5 mi
- AGFC Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum: 17.3 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 21.1 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wahzhazhe Summit | SW 230° | 781 m | 3.2 mi |
| Turner Ward Knob | S 187° | 746 m | 2.1 mi |
| Isaac Knob | WSW 242° | 741 m | 13.9 mi |
| Reeves Mountain | WNW 292° | 733 m | 2.6 mi |
| Garrett Mountain | WSW 242° | 730 m | 13.2 mi |
| Little Round Mountain | SE 133° | 702 m | 8.8 mi |
| Keck Knob | W 260° | 701 m | 11.2 mi |
| Garlands Knob | S 189° | 700 m | 11.4 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 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:25 | 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, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 113 | 141 | 220 | 217 | 191 | 69.6 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 19.3 | 35.9 | 88.9 | 109 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12486682102
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