Thunder Canyon Falls
Thunder Canyon Falls is a waterfall in Arkansas, at a modelled elevation of 351 m. Shiloh Mountain stands 694 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hideout Hollow Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 21.7 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway
- 14.2 mi off the Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- North Scenic Point · 8 mi
- South Gap Scenic Point · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Queen Point: 2.2 mi
- Mutton Point: 2.4 mi
- Kosky Point: 2.9 mi
- Sherman Mountain: 3.5 mi
- California Point: 3.6 mi
- Hideout Hollow Falls: 0.9 mi
- Broadwater Hollow Falls: 1.6 mi
- Paige Falls: 1.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 2.1 mi
- Fishtrap Hollow Falls: 2.8 mi
- Goat Bluff: 1.2 mi
- Gar Hole Bluff: 1.7 mi
- Bee Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Jim Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Henry Koen Experimental Forest: 5.1 mi
- Horseshoe Canyon Ranch: 5.8 mi
- Steel Creek Use Area: 5.8 mi
- centerpoint horsecamp: 6.1 mi
- Bradley Park: 6.4 mi
- AGFC Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum: 6.4 mi
- Bradley House Museum: 6.5 mi
- Boone County Heritage Museum: 12.7 mi
- Memory Lane Museum: 24.4 mi
- Mystic Caverns: 7.5 mi
- The Old Convertible: 23.1 mi
- Rock Garden: 24.8 mi
- Plane Crash Memorial Plaque: 7.9 mi
- Boone County Men Served Both Armies / Military Activity in Boone County: 13.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 8.8 mi
- Oregon: 19.9 mi
- Glencoe Spring: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Thunder Canyon Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiloh Mountain | SSW 212° | 694 m | 10.9 mi |
| Kilgore Mountain | SSW 214° | 682 m | 4.5 mi |
| Boat Mountain | E 81° | 674 m | 12.6 mi |
| Moss Mountain | SSE 163° | 671 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sherman Mountain | S 172° | 670 m | 3.5 mi |
| Reynolds Mountain | S 178° | 668 m | 7.6 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | SSW 192° | 661 m | 11.6 mi |
| Cave Mountain | SW 223° | 658 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:56 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrison, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–May — fullest in May, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 290 | 353 | 539 | 649 | 651 | 231 | 65.1 | 58.6 | 94.9 | 131 | 193 | 285 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Buffalo River at Pruitt, AR, 7 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/12486548284
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