Bear Hollow Waterfalls - Arkansas Ozarks - East of Fern, AR and by White Rock Mountain Campground

12/27/2023 - Bear Hollow Waterfalls (WF)

GPS Coordinates - (Latitude, Longitude, Elevation) 

Parking Area: 35.72425, -93.94684

Baby Feral Hog Falls: 35.70034, -93.95236

Cascade 1: 35.69995, -93.95221

WF 2: 35.69961, -93.95273

Cascade 2: 35.70000, -93.95103

Cascade 3: 35.70011, -93.95019

The One We Almost Missed Falls: 35.70015, -93.94998

WF 4: 35.70016, -93.94983

WF 5: 35.70020, -93.94961

WF 6: 35.70049, -93.94873

Bear Hollow Falls: 35.70042, -93.94853

Cascade 4: 35.70036, -93.94819

Upper Slot Falls: 35.69982, -93.94598

Curved Slot Falls: 35.69976, -93.94568

Enclosure Falls: 35.70075, -93.94506

Cascade 5: 35.70305, -93.94573

Cascade 6: 35.70330, -93.94597

Jack White Falls: 35.70694, -93.94728

Markers:

Blue waypoints = Named WF

Black waypoints = Unnamed WF

Orange waypoints = Cascade

Car symbol = Parking area

Hiker symbol = ATV trail / Old road

Running Person symbol = Access point

Level of Difficulty: ATV trail is easy to moderate / Moderate bushwhack / GPS Recommended / 2/3rds of the hike is along an ATV trail and an Old road.

Hiking Statistics: Distance is 6.17 miles / Descent is 794 / Ascent is 798

My first time to this area was in 2019. My friend Rick and I were hiking down to Jack White falls and I looked at my GPS and suggested that we check out other parts of the area. We followed the ATV trail until we reached an older road to our left that Tim Ernst says to go down to get to Jack White Falls. We eventually reached a fork and decided to keep following the old road to the right and then we would come up by Jack White Falls. This was my first time bushwhacking with my friend so we stayed up the hill for a little while and didn't drop right into the hollow. Eventually, when we got closer, Rick seen a small WF and said that he had to go down to it. We both hiked down to the water and while he was taking photo's there, I decided to hike upstream some to see if we missed any and I found a nice WF. I told Rick and he hiked up to it. While he was video taping it, he said "The One We Almost Missed Falls", so it is named that. We found other nice ones while working our way down to the intersection where we would take a left and start working our way up to Jack White falls. I didn't mark all the way points that time so I needed to go back there. I recently lead a friend of mine to there in Dec of 2023. We parked at the coordinates provided. We hiked along the ATV trail until we reached the old road on our left at coordinates 35.70916, -93.95023, which is very easy to miss if you are not paying attention. We passed it and had to go back. We turned onto that and headed downhill along that old road. We eventually came to the fork where Jack White falls was to the left but we kept hiking along the old road to the right to reach another part of the hollow. We turned off the old road at coordinates 35.70145, -93.95271 and started bushwhacking down to the water. We came to the top of a waterfall pretty quickly. When I got down to the bottom and in front of it, I seen a young Feral Hog and pointed it out to my friend. We took pictures and decided to name it "Baby Feral Hog Falls". After we were done there, we continued downstream and just a little ways, water from 2 drainages met to form a nice cascade. Their is a WF up the other drainage but we did not go to it since my friend had to be at a certain place at a certain time. When we were done at the cascade, we continued hiking downstream. We passed by a couple of nice cascades before reaching the next WF. I didn't recognize it from the top since I'd seen it only from the bottom my first time there, but when I got down in front of it, I realized that's the WF Rick named in his video called "The One We Almost Missed Falls". I told my friend Gez who was hiking with me ahead of time about how Rick named one of the waterfalls and the story behind it. After we were done there, we continued hiking downstream and passed by 3 other WF's. One of them wasn't running much. Soon we came to the top of a WF that I had not named yet. We named it Bear Hollow Falls. We used the hills to our right to get to the bottom and in front of it. When we were done there, I looked at my GPS and could see that we were getting close to the fork but knew one of my favorite parts of the area was coming up at the bottom of the drainage we were in. We eventually reached the top of the WF at the beginning of this neat slot area. I ended up naming it Upper Slot Falls. We got down into the slot between the 2 WF's and spent time taking pictures and videos. We used the hills on the right of the top of the WF to get down into the slot. When we were done there, we crossed the water to get to the other side and used the hill on the left side to get down below and in front of the other WF. With how the slot curves above the falls, I decided to name it Curved Slot Falls. We took a break there before we headed up the drainage to our right from right in front of Curved Slot Falls. When we were ready to keep moving on, we started hiking up the drainage We quickly reached Enclosure Falls while working our way up. This is my favorite WF there. There's a little waterfall below it so you have to go over to the bluff to the right to get above the little one and then walk between the bluffs to be right in front of Enclosure falls. I provided a picture of the way to go to get above the small WF and right in front of Enclosure Falls. When we were done there, we had to back track some to get ourselves up above the bluff. We used the hills to our right at coordinates 35.70049, -93.94497. We eventually got up above the bluff and then worked our way to the right to get to the top of the WF and back into the drainage by the water. We passed by a couple of nice cascades while working our way upstream to Jack White Falls. We took a break there for a while. When we were ready to get back to our vehicles, we used the hills to the left of Jack White Falls to get ourselves above it and back onto the old road at coordinates 35.70703, -93.94768. Once we were back on the old road, we took a left and headed to the fork that we were at earlier in the road. We took the right and headed back up the hills along the old road. Once we reached the ATV trail, we took a right onto that and hiked along that back to our vehicles. 

Baby Feral Hog Falls

Baby Feral Hog

Cascade 1

The One We Almost Missed Falls

Enclosure Falls

Enclosure Falls from a distance

The way to get in front of Enclosure Falls

In Front of Curved Slot Falls

Above Curved Slot Falls

Upper Slot Falls

Bear Hollow Falls

Small WF

Jack White Falls

Sink Holes, Natural Bridge and Arch - In Buffalo National River boundary - Marion County - by town of Evening Star

1/28/23 - Sink Holes and Natural Bridge

GPS Coordinates: (Latitude, Longitude, Elevation)

Parking Area: 36.09750, -92.52309

Peak 1: 36.10760, -92.53327

Peak 2: 36.10757, -92.53355

Peak 3: 36.10705, -92.53731

Arch: 36.10636, -92.53516

Feature 1: 36.10814, -92.53770

Peak 4: 36.10811, -92.53757

Sink Hole 1: 36.10850, -92.53690

WF 1: 36.11229, -92.53268

Feature 2: 36.11221, -92.53256

Feature 3: 36.11182, -93.53172

Giant Sink Hole: 36.11227, -92.53098

Sink Hole WF: 36.11220, -92.53108

Inside Big Sink Hole: 36.11215, -93.53097

Sink Hole 3: 36.11179, -92.53011

Shelter: 36.11176, -92.52987

Below Sink Hole: 36.11179, -93.52975

WF 3: 36.11065, -92.53079

Sink Hole 4: 36.11089, -92.53005

Cascade: 36.11116, -92.52927

WF 4: 36.11090, -92.52916

Natural Bridge:  36.10101, -92.51857

Markers:

Black Waypoints = Unnamed WF

Orange Waypoints = Cascade

Peak symbol = Peak

Binoculars symbol = Feature / Sink Hole /Natural bridge

Stone symbol = Arch

Shelter symbol = Shelter

Hiker symbol = Trail

Car symbol = Parking area

Running Person symbol = Access point

Level of Difficulty: Hiking along the trail is easy. The hike to the peaks and along the hills around it are moderate and mostly level. The hills down to the Arch and back up are moderate to strenuous. The hike back to the trail and down to the Sink Holes are moderate. The hike from the other trail down to the Natural Bridge and back is a little strenuous with the hills. 

Hiking Statistics: 6.12 miles round trip / Ascent is 1,076 ft / Descent is 1,105 ft

To reach the parking area, I took Hwy 14 south from Yellville and some ways after driving over the Buffalo National River, I took a left onto Cozahome Rd / 61. It is paved for a ways and then becomes a gravel road. Eventually it turns into CR 650. I started hiking along the trail to the left. There is a trail that goes to the right also. I followed the trail to the left for awhile and then took a left and started bushwhacking at coordinates 36.10775, -92.53240. I worked my way along the hills to Peaks 1 and 2. I spent some time there enjoying the views of the river and marked the area. I then worked my way along the top of the bluff area and hills to Peak 3. The Arch is along the river below the bluffs. I worked my way along the hillside and started working my way downhill at coordinates 36.10776, -92.53789.  I found a way down below the bluffs at coordinates 36.10739, -92.54069. I was down below the bluffs and was bushing along them at coordinates 36.10600, -92.54096 where the terrain is level. I had to walk through a lot of brush between the river and the bluff to reach the Arch. I spent some time there taking photo's and enjoying the Arch and the River. When I was done there, I headed back the way I came down and hiked back up the hills that I had hiked down earlier. I eventually reached Feature 1 and Peak 3. I took photo's of both and marked them both before moving on. I passed the first sink hole while working my way back to to the trail. I was back at the trail at coordinates 36.10966, -92.53520. I crossed the trail and headed down the hills on the other side along the drainage to WF 1 and another Feature. I took some photo's and marked those. I took a 10 minute break at the WF. After my break, I started hiking along the hillside at that level to another Feature. After I was done there, I started hiking down hill at coordinates 36.11186, -92.53159. I then reached the Giant Sink Hole and hiked down into it. I spent a lot of time down there taking photo's and videos. It's like a big bluff in a circle. I was looking to see how far under the bluffs I could get and if their were any caves. There is a smaller sink hole down there with water going through it so I call it Sink Hole Falls. I wish I had more time to spend searching down in there. I will have to go back and spend more time there eventually. After I got back up above it, I continued hiking where I came across another Sink Hole. I took a photo and marked it before working my way down the hills to get below it. There's a neat room and shelter down below it. I'm sure water goes through this one also very good after heavy rain. I spent awhile down there before being ready to move on. There is a drainage right after it so I headed up the drainage to another Feature and WF 3. After I was done there, I worked my way to the hollow where WF 4 was and crossed that and worked my way up to the other trail that went to the right when I was first hiking in. I reached the trail at coordinates 36.10962, -92.52753. I took a right onto the trail and hiked along that back towards my car. I hiked along that until I reached coordinates 36.10141, -92.52549. I took a left from there and bushwhacked down to the Natural Bridge. I spent awhile there and took many photo's and marked it. When I was done there, I bushwhacked back to the trail and got back on it at coordinates 36.09949, -92.52496. I took a left onto the trail and hiked along it back to my car. 

Inside Big Sink Hole

Arch

WF 1

Shelter

Sink Hole Falls

Big Sink Hole

Sink Hole

Shelter

Sink Hole and Shelter

Peak

Peak and Overlook of Buffalo River

Peak and Overlook of Buffalo River

Natural Bridge

Deep inside Big Sink Hole

Turner Hollow & Horsehead Creek Waterfalls & Rock Formations - Arkansas Ozarks - by Batson -

2/2/2023 - Turner Hollow Waterfalls (WF) and Rock Formations

GPS Coordinates: (Latitude, Longitude)

Parking area: 35.62882, -93.61025

WF 1: 35.662337, -93.61413

Peak 1: 35.62367, -93.61644

Horse Hoof Arch: 35.62367, -93.61657

Feature 1: 35.62342, -93.61642

WF 2: 35.62322, -93.61512

WF 3: 35.62307, -93.61622

Cascade 1: 35.62302, -93.61667

Cascade 2: 35.62301, -93.61678

Cascade 3: 35.62297, -93.61728

Cascade 4: 35.62295, -93.61751

Cascade 5: 35.62309, -93.61752

Cascade 6: 35. 62267, -93.61779

WF 4: 35.62241, -93.61802

Cascade 7: 35.62213, -93.61864

WF 5: 35.62136, -93.62000

Cascade 8: 35.62155, -93.62001

Cascade 9: 35.62170, -93.62050

Niverney Falls: 35.62234, -93.62177

Waycona Falls: 35.62286, -93.62168

WF 8: 35.62069, -93.62023

Cascade 10: 35.61939, -93.62033

Cascade 11: 35.61881, -93.62019

Cascade 12: 35.61870, -93.62012

WF 9: 35.61859, -93.62003

Cascade 13: 35.61825, -93.61967

Cascade 14: 35.61547, -93.61601

WF 10: 35.61559, -93.61570

WF 11: 35.61578, -93.61539

Ehrman Falls: 35.61597, -93.61497

Horsehead Slate Falls: 35.61673, -93.61357

Rock Formation 1: 35.61703, -93.61407

Feature 2: 35.61700, -93.61426

Feature 3: 35.61696, -93.61496

Feature 4: 35.61688, -93.61543

Feature 5: 35.61685, -93.61567

Feature 6: 35.61704, -93.61622

Feature 7: 35.61737, -93.61655

Feature 8: 35.61831, -93.61683

Feature 9: 35.61912, -93.61621

WF 14: 35.61935, -93.61571

Rock Formation 2: 35.61928, -93.61612

Arch: 35. 61935, -93.61657

Shelter: 35.61941, -93.61699

Feature 10: 35.61947, -93.61740

Feature 11: 35.61942, -93.61766

Feature 12: 35.61948, -93.61772

Feature 13: 35.62022, -93.61833

Peak 2: 62056, -93.61798

WF 15: 35.62338, -93.61414

Markers:

Blue Waypoint = Named WF

Black Waypoint = Unnamed WF

Orange Waypoint = Cascade

Stone Symbol - Rock Formation

Shelter Symbol = Shelter

Car Symbol = Parking area

Running Person Symbol = Access Point

Backpacker Symbol = ATV trail

Peak Symbol = Peak/Overlook

Level of Difficulty: Hiking along the atv trail is easy. The hills here in the Horsehead Creek area have some of the steepest hills so they are strenuous going down them along the drainage and then up them along Turner Hollow. Hiking down in Horsehead creek is moderate to a little strenuous. There are downed tree's that you either have to climb over, go under or work your way around. There are the usual water crossings. 

Hiking Statistics: 5.12 mile loop / Ascent is 814 ft / Descent is 833 ft /

I took Hwy 103 south from Hwy 215. I took a right onto Rd 4160 from Hwy 103 and drove to the parking area along the road. I had hiked this area before but hiked it a totally different way so i already knew of a couple of the big falls there and had already named them. There is an old road across the street from the parking area. I crossed the street and got onto the old road and hiked that a ways. Eventually I came to a fork in the road. I could have went to the left and stayed up higher but I took the road to the right that went down lower that curved around. I kept an eye on my gps to see when I was getting close to the drainage I had planned on going down. When I got close, I left the gravel road and started bushwhacking down hill at coordinates 35.62389, -93.61492. I worked my to the access point to get below the bluff at coordinates 35.62350, -93.61515. After I got below, I followed the bluff to the left to reach wf 1. I took some photo's and marked it on my gps before moving on and hiking down the drainage. I soon came to the top of wf 2 and could see no way down by it. I hiked along the top of the bluff line to the right of the falls a ways and worked my my down hill to peak 1 at coordinates 35.62367, -93.61644. I spent some time there before finding a way down the hills to the right of the peak at coordinates 35.62374, -93.61646. I got below the bluff line and came to an arch called Horse Hoof Arch. I spent time there taking photo's and marking it. I then kept hiking along the bluff and came across another feature before getting back to the drainage where wf 2 was. After I was done there, I continued hiking down the drainage and soon came to the top of wf 3. Once again, I had to hike along the bluff to the right to find a way to get down below it. I found a way by coordinates 35.62329, -93.61686. These hills are steep and strenuous. I followed the bluff to the left to the drainage and to the bottom of wf 3. I was more than halfway down the drainage at this point. After I was done there, I continued hiking down the drainage and I was past the big bluffs so I was able to stay in the drainage the rest of the way down to Horsehead Creek. There were many downed tree's in the drainage that I either had to climb over, under or work my way around. I came across 6 cascades before reaching wf 4. I took photo's and marked them all on my gps. I soon was down in Horsehead Creek and I took a 15 minute break and sat down to enjoy the area. Turner Hollow was to the left but I wanted to explore to the right some so I headed that direction when I was done with my break. I first came across another 2 nice cascades and wf 5 before reaching 2 bigger wfs. A little ways further, I'd seen Niverney falls to my left and Waycona Falls a little further straight ahead. I first went up to the left to Niverney falls and took photo's and marked that before going back to Horsehead creek and continuing further to Waycona Falls. After I was done there, I decided to head back and work my way towards Turner Hollow. I quickly was back to the drainage that I had hiked down. While working my way from that drainage to Turner Hollow, I had come across 2 more wfs and 4 more cascades. I stopped and took photo's of them all and marked them all on my gps. I eventually reached Turner Hollow on the left and started hiking up it. I passed by another cascade and 2 more wfs before reaching the next big wf. I eventually reached Erhman Falls and took a break there as well as taking many photo's. The hills were getting steep at this time. While looking straight at the falls, I looked at the hills on both sides and decided to go up the hills to my left. I worked my way up the steep hills and then to the top of Erhman falls. I continued hiking up the hollow along the water. There are always water crossings in these drainages and hollows. I eventually reached Horsehead Slate Falls. I took another break there and enjoyed the area for awhile. I could see the bluffs and rock formations to my left up the hills as I was looking straight at the falls. When I was ready to get going, I worked my way up those steep hills to the bluffs and rock formations. I started hiking up the hills at coordinates 35.61667, -93.61377. After I got up to the first feature at coordinates 35.61703, -93.61407, I decide to forget about getting back into the hollow above the falls and to continue up that since I hiked all of it my first time there and to just continue hiking along the bluffs. I took the left and hiked along the bluffs that eventually curved to the right. I came across many nice features that I took photo's of and marked on my gps before I reached the next drainage where wf 14 is. There are other wfs down this drainage but the hills are very steep. During my first hike there, I hiked all the way down Turner Hollow and up this drainage back to the gravel road. Each set of hills I had to get up to be above the next falls in this drainage felt like I was climbing rather than hiking. On this hike, I went past wf 14 and continued hiking along the bluffs on the other side of the drainage. I passed by a shelter and many more features. I took many photo's and marked them all. I then looked at my gps to see where I was and could see that I was almost back to the drainage that I had originally hiked down. I wanted to find a way up above the bluffs on that side before reaching the bigger drainage. I found a place and started working my way up the steep hills at coordinates 35.62064, -93.61830. I worked my way up the hills to the access point at coordinates 35.62077, -93.61782. After I got to that point, I could see that I was above the bluff line so I hiked at that level to the right to see if there was an overlook and I soon got to peak 2. I spent some time there enjoying the view and taking a break after hiking up the steep hills. After I was ready to move on, I continued hiking up the hills and working my way back to the gravel road. I finally reached the gravel road at coordinates 35.62106, -93.61515. I then took a left onto the gravel road and followed that back out to the parking area. I was tired after this hike with how steep the hills are.

Horsehead Slate Falls

Ehrman Falls

Horse Hoof Arch

Waycona Falls

Niverney Falls

Arch

WF 2

Cascade 7

WF 4

Cascade 8

WF 7

Cascade 12

Feature

Shelter 1

Feature

Feature

Rock formation

Feature

Shelter

Shelter

Feature

Peak 2