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Three Springs Falls

Three Springs Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Three Springs Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 287 m. Strand Knob stands 561 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bumpers Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Sylamore Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

What the record says

Height
4.3/13.7

How to reach it

Coordinates36.08317, -92.34692

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Push Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Cleveland Knob: 5.2 mi
  • Almus Knob: 5.6 mi
  • Perry Knob: 5.7 mi
  • Pretty Hill: 6.2 mi
Parks: 46
  • Big Flat School Park: 6.5 mi
  • Barkshed Recreation Area: 7.0 mi
  • Jacob Wolf House Historic Site: 9.4 mi
  • Gunner Pool Recreation Area: 9.7 mi
  • Sylamore Experimental Forest: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 18
Waterfalls: 17
Attractions: 7
  • Rock Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Trail Head Lower Wilderness.: 8.7 mi
  • Sinkhole Icebox: 12.3 mi
  • Blanchard Springs Caverns: 12.5 mi
  • Blanchard Spring: 12.8 mi
Springs: 5
  • Tassel Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Hidden Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Pebble Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Cotter Spring: 16.7 mi
Museums: 3
  • Tomlinson Art and Science Center: 11.6 mi
  • Stone County Museum: 20.0 mi
  • Ozark Heritage Arts Center: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Three Springs Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strand KnobS 184°561 m14.6 mi
Bald KnobS 182°547 m15.3 mi
Barr MountainSW 220°530 m17.5 mi
Alco MountainS 190°523 m15.5 mi
Lee MountainSSW 202°507 m15.4 mi
Buzzard Roost MountainSSW 205°501 m14.0 mi
Roper MountainS 182°495 m12.9 mi
Panther MountainS 171°440 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:21
June solstice05:5419:5220:30
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:1716:2016:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 10 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, 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/12486817319

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