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Paradise Falls

Paradise Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Paradise Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 551 m. Wahzhazhe Summit stands 781 m to the west-southwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hadlock Cascade, a waterfall 1.1 miles away. Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

What the record says

Height
9.8 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.88119, -93.39309

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Lost Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Turner Ward Knob: 3.6 mi
  • Cave Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Daniels Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Culbertson Point: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 26
Parks: 19
  • Lost Valley State Park: 9.0 mi
  • Alum Cove Natural Bridge Recreation Area: 9.1 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon Ranch: 10.4 mi
  • Steel Creek Use Area: 11.5 mi
  • centerpoint horsecamp: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Lynn Hollow: 11.9 mi
  • Rock Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Mystic Caverns: 22.2 mi
  • Byrd’s Adventure Center: 24.1 mi
Historic sites: 4
Museums: 3
  • Bradley House Museum: 14.3 mi
  • AGFC Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum: 15.2 mi
  • Madison County Historical Society: 24.1 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Bridge: 9.3 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Paradise Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wahzhazhe SummitWSW 258°781 m5.8 mi
Turner Ward KnobWSW 250°746 m3.6 mi
Reeves MountainWNW 288°733 m5.9 mi
Garrett MountainWSW 250°730 m15.7 mi
Little Round MountainSSE 148°702 m6.1 mi
Keck KnobW 265°701 m14.2 mi
Garlands KnobSSW 205°700 m11.5 mi
Cowan KnobSSW 210°699 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 °F343846556371757568574637
Precip in3.73.85.85.76.64.23.93.64.54.95.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deer, 11 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/12486682109

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