Natural Dam Waterfall
Natural Dam Waterfall is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Gaylor Mountain stands 613 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Birchfield Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Cherokee Hills Byway passes 28 miles off.
The story
American levee in Crawford County, Arkansas.
Wikidata Q34927756, matched on coordinates and name (5 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 2.4 m
- Width
- 55 m
How to reach it
- 28.4 mi off the Cherokee Hills Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Birchfield Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Chinkapin Knob: 3.0 mi
- Grapevine Knob: 3.9 mi
- Lick Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Cedarville City Park: 5.7 mi
- Rudy Park: 11.1 mi
- Devil's Den State Park: 12.2 mi
- Mountainburg City Park: 12.9 mi
- Lake Louemma Park: 13.0 mi
- CCC Fireplace: 12.0 mi
- Parley P. Pratt Memorial and Gravesite: 12.2 mi
- Mannon Homesite: 13.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Van Buren Confederate Monument: 15.1 mi
- Historic Homesteads: 14.1 mi
- KCS Stilwell Depot: 17.1 mi
- Guardhouse: 18.1 mi
- Officers' Garden: 18.1 mi
- Officers' Quarters: 18.1 mi
- Sequoyah's Cabin: 16.9 mi
- United States Marshals Museum: 17.4 mi
- Methodist Mance: 17.8 mi
- Historic Cane Hill Museum: 17.9 mi
- Clayton House: 17.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 12.6 mi
- McWater Falls: 14.4 mi
- Artist Point Falls: 15.6 mi
- Devil's Canyon Falls: 20.4 mi
- Devil's Canyon Jr Falls: 20.6 mi
- Maddux Spring: 15.3 mi
- Shepherd Spring: 17.1 mi
- Mullers Spring: 22.1 mi
- Sand Spring: 22.7 mi
- Star Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Stony Point: 22.0 mi
- NUMA Bronze Statue: 18.6 mi
- The Flower Tower: 23.6 mi
- Bekaert Garden: 13.4 mi
- Brentwood: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Natural Dam Waterfall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaylor Mountain | ENE 63° | 613 m | 17.6 mi |
| Cartwright Mountain | ENE 75° | 608 m | 14.9 mi |
| Liberty Hill | NNW 339° | 579 m | 6.4 mi |
| Meadow Mountain | E 85° | 573 m | 11.2 mi |
| Skylight Mountain | N 6° | 573 m | 12.8 mi |
| Kimes Mountain | ENE 70° | 555 m | 8.0 mi |
| Patrick Mountain | ENE 75° | 553 m | 18.5 mi |
| Lockard Mountain | E 84° | 552 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:29 | 17:09 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mountainburg 2 NE, 14 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 363 | 437 | 619 | 776 | 705 | 303 | 110 | 58.4 | 81.7 | 146 | 208 | 347 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Lee Creek at Short, OK, 10 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/11956464967
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