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Steele Falls

Steele Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Steele Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Strand Knob stands 561 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Sylamore Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.

What the record says

Height
20.1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.01729, -92.17966

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hixon Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Panther Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Hickory Knob: 4.2 mi
  • Boulder Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Scrappy Mountain: 4.5 mi
Parks: 29
  • Sylamore Experimental Forest: 1.0 mi
  • Gunner Pool Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
  • Blanchard Springs Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
  • Barkshed Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
  • Calico Rock City Park: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 24
Waterfalls: 16
Attractions: 6
  • Blanchard Springs Caverns: 3.7 mi
  • Blanchard Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Rock Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Trail Head Lower Wilderness.: 19.0 mi
  • Sinkhole Icebox: 22.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hidden Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Tassel Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Pebble Spring: 22.6 mi
Historic sites: 4
Museums: 4
  • Tomlinson Art and Science Center: 7.2 mi
  • Stone County Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Melbourne AR History Museum: 16.0 mi
  • Ozark Heritage Arts Center: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Steele Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strand KnobSW 226°561 m14.4 mi
Bald KnobSW 223°547 m14.6 mi
Roper MountainSW 229°495 m12.8 mi
Irons MountainSE 140°477 m14.2 mi
Sugar HillS 188°451 m13.2 mi
Panther MountainSW 217°440 m11.6 mi
Lost MountainSSW 193°438 m15.0 mi
Finch MountainS 184°434 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:5319:5120:30
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:1616:1916:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566573777669584738
Precip in3.43.34.85.55.13.63.83.63.83.84.33.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calico Rock 2 WSW, 6 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–May, Dec — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs47.064.398.111777.927.613.610.914.118.641.960.3

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge North Sylamore Creek near Fifty Six, AR, 3 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/12486817312

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