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Spirit Creek Falls

Spirit Creek Falls, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.68707, -93.90810

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Parks: 39
  • 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
Springs: 5
  • 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
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Rock House: 6.6 mi
  • Byrd’s Adventure Center: 9.3 mi
  • Historic Homesteads: 21.0 mi
  • Lynn Hollow: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
Historic sites: 3
Cliffs: 2
Museums: 1
  • Ozark Area Depot Museum: 14.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Spirit Creek Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Isaac KnobENE 60°741 m15.5 mi
Hare MountainENE 59°726 m9.8 mi
Fly Gap MountainNE 56°718 m8.4 mi
Denny MountainNNW 336°718 m10.7 mi
Hall MountainNNE 33°717 m15.4 mi
Pilot KnobWNW 287°711 m3.2 mi
Cooper MountainNE 48°709 m11.5 mi
Bowles MountainNW 306°707 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:28
June solstice06:0119:5820:35
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2216:2717:07

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384351606877818073625041
Precip in3.53.34.85.05.84.93.54.24.04.74.73.8

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs6558701,1011,1711,04741612999.4105188534665

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12485888702

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