Shady Lake Cascade
Shady Lake Cascade is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 332 m. Raspberry Mountain stands 719 m to the northeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Shady Lake Recreation Area, a park 0.2 miles away. Talimena Scenic Drive passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 8.2 m
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Talimena Scenic Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Blue Haze Vista · 22 mi
- Acorn Vista · 22 mi
- Round Mountain Vista · 23 mi
- Eagleton Vista · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Raspberry Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Tall Peak: 2.1 mi
- Round Top: 2.4 mi
- East Raspberry Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Shady Lake Recreation Area: 0.2 mi
- Caney Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
- Little Missouri Falls Recreation Area: 7.6 mi
- Albert Pike Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
- Howard County State Wildlife Management Area: 10.3 mi
- Katy Falls: 3.9 mi
- Blaylock Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Winding Staircase: 6.8 mi
- Little Missouri Falls: 7.6 mi
- Crooked Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
- Alpine Spring: 8.7 mi
- Abernathy Spring: 8.8 mi
- Gillham Springs: 10.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 16.4 mi
- Tan-A-Hill Spring: 23.1 mi
- Ebenezer Monument: 19.8 mi
- Old Potter School: 20.8 mi
- Caddo Indian Memorial: 20.9 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Hinds Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Midway: 2.5 mi
- Cossatot Falls Day Use Area: 11.6 mi
- Robert Wells’ Chain Sculptures: 19.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 23.5 mi
- Wegner Crystal Mines: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Shady Lake Cascade. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Mountain | NE 43° | 719 m | 2.0 mi |
| Tall Peak | NNW 336° | 705 m | 2.1 mi |
| Buckeye Mountain | N 352° | 705 m | 3.2 mi |
| East Raspberry Mountain | NE 53° | 697 m | 2.5 mi |
| East Hanna Mountain | NW 314° | 687 m | 4.6 mi |
| Lost Mountain | N 3° | 681 m | 5.2 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | NW 315° | 677 m | 9.3 mi |
| Slatington Mountain | NE 55° | 673 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 19:55 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:32 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG FK 1 SSE, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 205 | 232 | 233 | 267 | 213 | 135 | 70.1 | 71.8 | 70.3 | 78.2 | 144 | 201 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Little Missouri River near Langley, AR, 8 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/12486917867
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