Spirit Creek Falls
Spirit Creek Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 316 m. Isaac Knob stands 741 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Robinson Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Pig Trail Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 2.4 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Pig Trail Scenic Byway
- 25.3 mi off the Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mineral Hill: 1.7 mi
- Black Mountain: 1.8 mi
- White Rock Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Potato Knob Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Parker Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Grays Spring Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- White Rock Mountain Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Cherry Bend Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
- Redding Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
- River Ridge Park: 10.2 mi
- Robinson Falls: 0.1 mi
- Train Trestle Falls: 1.4 mi
- Phipps Branch Falls: 2.0 mi
- Jack White Falls: 2.6 mi
- White Rock Creek Cascade: 3.6 mi
- Fugit Springs: 0.7 mi
- Sand Spring: 4.9 mi
- Mullers Spring: 5.6 mi
- Shepherd Spring: 11.0 mi
- Maddux Spring: 12.7 mi
- Rock House: 6.6 mi
- Byrd’s Adventure Center: 9.3 mi
- Historic Homesteads: 21.0 mi
- Lynn Hollow: 21.4 mi
- Ozark Rest Area – Eastbound: 12.0 mi
- Ozark Rest Area - Westbound: 12.3 mi
- Brentwood: 17.1 mi
- Mannon Homesite: 20.2 mi
- CCC Fireplace: 20.4 mi
- Parley P. Pratt Memorial and Gravesite: 20.5 mi
- Joe Salee Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Shaffer Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Ozark Area Depot Museum: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Spirit Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Knob | ENE 60° | 741 m | 15.5 mi |
| Hare Mountain | ENE 59° | 726 m | 9.8 mi |
| Fly Gap Mountain | NE 56° | 718 m | 8.4 mi |
| Denny Mountain | NNW 336° | 718 m | 10.7 mi |
| Hall Mountain | NNE 33° | 717 m | 15.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WNW 287° | 711 m | 3.2 mi |
| Cooper Mountain | NE 48° | 709 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bowles Mountain | NW 306° | 707 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:58 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ozark 2, 12 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 | 655 | 870 | 1,101 | 1,171 | 1,047 | 416 | 129 | 99.4 | 105 | 188 | 534 | 665 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mulberry River near Mulberry, AR, 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/12485888702
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