Steele Falls
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
- 3.0 mi off the Sylamore Scenic Byway
- 115.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- City Rock Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Lover's Leap: 5.9 mi
- Calico Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Handford Bluff: 10.2 mi
- White Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Three Springs Falls: 10.4 mi
- Dewey Canyon Falls: 10.7 mi
- Bumpers Falls: 10.7 mi
- Heuston Falls: 10.8 mi
- Cougar Falls: 11.1 mi
- Blanchard Springs Caverns: 3.7 mi
- Blanchard Spring: 4.1 mi
- Rock Garden: 12.0 mi
- Sinkhole Icebox: 22.1 mi
- Mountain Home Farmer's Market: 24.8 mi
- Hidden Spring: 0.3 mi
- Big Spring: 1.0 mi
- Tassel Spring: 11.2 mi
- Pebble Spring: 22.6 mi
- Jimmie White Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Hicks Hotel and Store: 22.8 mi
- Paper Airplane Donald's Imagination: 23.6 mi
- Mountain Home High School A-7 Corsair: 24.9 mi
- 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
- Harness: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Steele Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strand Knob | SW 226° | 561 m | 14.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | SW 223° | 547 m | 14.6 mi |
| Roper Mountain | SW 229° | 495 m | 12.8 mi |
| Irons Mountain | SE 140° | 477 m | 14.2 mi |
| Sugar Hill | S 188° | 451 m | 13.2 mi |
| Lost Mountain | SSW 193° | 438 m | 15.0 mi |
| Finch Mountain | S 184° | 434 m | 14.9 mi |
| Dodd Mountain | SSE 163° | 428 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:19 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 47.0 | 64.3 | 98.1 | 117 | 77.9 | 27.6 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 14.1 | 18.6 | 41.9 | 60.3 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12486817312
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