The 10 Best Waterfalls in Arkansas
The Ozarks quietly hold the tallest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachians, a creek that pours through a hole in a cave roof, and a 200-foot natural rock wall that looks like the Corps of Engineers built it. Every entry verified for current access.
Most Arkansas falls are rain-fed — the ones that run year-round are marked, and for the rest, go within a couple of days of a storm or you'll hike to wet rock.
Hemmed-In-Hollow: 210 feet of free-fall in a wilderness amphitheater — the tallest drop between the Rockies and the Appalachians.
Directions, season & rules for Hemmed In Hollow Falls →Kings Bluff: 114 feet off a rim-walk bluff line, with mushroom-rock pedestals next door.
Directions, season & rules for Kings Bluff Falls →
Cedar Falls: Petit Jean's 95-foot year-round showpiece at the bottom of a boulder canyon.
Directions, season & rules for Cedar Falls →
Eden Falls: a 53-foot drop, a natural bridge, and a creek that ends by vanishing into a cave.
Directions, season & rules for Eden Falls →Sweden Creek: 80 feet into a Boston Mountains canyon, viewable from top and base.
Directions, season & rules for Sweden Creek Falls →
Glory Hole: the creek drilled through the cave roof, and the water falls through the ceiling.
Directions, season & rules for Glory Hole Falls →Twin Falls at Camp Orr: three spring-fed strands off one ledge, guarded by a 4WD creek ford.
Directions, season & rules for Twin Falls →
Pam's Grotto: 37 feet into a sandstone cathedral, half a mile off the highway.
Directions, season & rules for Pams Grotto Falls →Falling Water Falls: the drive-up ledge falls with the forest's best swimming hole.
Directions, season & rules for Falling Water Falls →Natural Dam: an 8-foot falls over a 200-foot rock wall no one built.
Directions, season & rules for Natural Dam Falls →Rankings reflect our research, not a verdict on your trip — every spot page takes community ratings and conditions reports, and that's where the real answer to "is it worth it?" lives.