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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
Waterfalls: 17
Cliffs: 17
Attractions: 6
  • Rock Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Sinkhole Icebox: 12.3 mi
  • Blanchard Springs Caverns: 12.5 mi
  • Blanchard Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Mountain Home Farmer's Market: 17.6 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 18.2 miles of Three Springs Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Strand KnobS561 m14.6 mi
Bald KnobS547 m15.3 mi
Barr MountainSW530 m17.5 mi
Alco MountainS523 m15.5 mi
Lee MountainSSW507 m15.4 mi
Buzzard Roost MountainSSW501 m14.0 mi
Roper MountainS495 m12.9 mi
Round MountainSSW390 m9.1 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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