Jeff's Arkansas Hiking Blog: Devils Fork Waterfalls - Ozarks - by Salus, AR

2/29/2022 - Devils Fork Waterfalls (WF) - On Google Earth also

GPS Coordinates: (Latitude, Longitude, Elevation)

Parking Location A: 35.71664, -93.40015

Parking Location B: 35.70804, -93.39942

WF 1: 35.71819, -93.39867

WF 2: 35.71709, -93.39460

Devils Kisses Falls: 35.71704, -93.39452

WF 4: 35.71708, -93.39442

Devils Stairway: 35.71688, -93.39389

The Devils Falls: 35.71688, -93.39449

Devils Log Falls: 35.71629, -93.39283

WF 8: 35.71535, -93.39309

The Slide Pool: 35.71520, -93.39300

Top of Narrow Channel: 35.71456, -93.39314

WF 9: 35.71425, -93.39306

WF 10: 35.71414, -93.39302

Narrow Pour Falls: 35.71380, -93.39305

WF 12: 35.71366, -93.39308

Devils Double Overhang Falls: 35.71271, -93.39189

Devils Double Moss Falls: 35.71183, -93.39228

WF 15: 35.71172, -93.39195

Lower Skaggs Falls: 35.70944, -93.39263

Skaggs Falls: 35.70939, -93.39300

Gateway Falls: 35.70941, -93.39372

Markers:

Blue waypoints are Named Waterfalls

Black waypoints are Unnamed Waterfalls

Backpacker symbol is the parking areas and where to enter and exit the woods

Running Person symbol are the access points to get downhill and uphill

Level of Difficulty: Half is Strenuous and Half is Moderate

Hiking Statistics for Loop: 3.47 miles / The Highest to Lowest elevation difference is 602 feet / If you start bushwhacking to the creek from CR# 5570, the hills are steep with the County Road being up high. If you hike down the other gravel road off of CR# 5570 for a ways to where my track shows, the down hill is more gradual but a longer hike to the creek /

The Parking area is located on CR# 5570 and the best way to access the CR is from Hwy 21. From the parking area on CR# 5570, I headed down to the drainage making my way down the steep hills. Once I reached the upper part of the drainage, I went upstream a little ways to WF #1. I then crossed the creek to the left side and followed the creek downstream to WF #2 / A little ways further is Devils Kisses Falls / If you cross there back to the right side, you can sit down and work your way down a couple of levels like I did to get down to the bottom of Devils Kisses Falls but you will have to climb to get back up. Once down there, you will be right in the middle of Devils Kisses falls and the top of The Devils Falls. I took photos and then climbed back up and crossed the drainage to get back on the left side. You need to next cross the other drainage right there and get on the left side of both drainages to get down to the bottom of The Devils Falls. The 2 drainages next to each other make up Devils Kisses Falls. WF 4 is just up the other drainage above Devils Kisses Falls. As you work your way to the very moderate hill to get down to the bottom of The Devils Falls, you will come across Devils Stairway on your left. Keep working your way down hill and to the right to the bottom of The Devils Falls. You are now down in the main creek. After you start heading downstream from there, a little ways down will be Devils Log Falls on your left. After that, head back to creek and go downstream. You will see other waterfalls and the Slide Pool in the main creek while working your way downstream. You will eventually reach where the slot channel starts that leads to the top of Narrow Pour Falls. The slot channel gets narrower as you work your way further downstream and their is a waterfall on both sides running into the channel. I hike on the left side here either up high or right next to and along the channel. I work my way past that right along the slot channel to the top of Narrow Pour Falls. You then have to go uphill on the left side to get down to the bottom of Narrow Pour Falls. This hill is at least twice as steep and tough to get down than the hill to the bottom of The Devils Falls. Slowly work your way up the hill and then around and down down the hill to the bottom. Once in the creek, take a right and head upstream to the bottom of Narrow Pour Falls. Next, as your working your way downstream from there when you are done, you will eventually see Devils Double Overhang Falls to your left. Then a little ways downstream from there, you will see Devils Double Moss Falls to the right of the creek. Waterfall 15 is just a little ways past that downstream. Keep working your way downstream and you will see Lower Skaggs Falls on your right. Work your way up that drainage from there. Skaggs falls is just above that falls. Then work your way up the hill to the top of Skaggs Falls. The hill right to the left of Skaggs falls is steep but it is doable. You can also go along the bluff to the left a ways to find an easier way up if you prefer. Once your back in the drainage above Skaggs Falls, keep hiking uphill along the drainage. You will reach Gateway Falls further up the drainage. This will be the last waterfall along this hike. Keep working your way uphill to the gravel road where the other marker is on the map. These hills are more gradual than the ones you went down if you go the way I do but it is a longer hike to the gravel road. Once you reach the gravel road, take a right and head uphill on the gravel road and you will eventually reach CR# 5570 which is the road you started your hike from. Take a right onto CR# 5570 and hike on that back to your vehicle. You can either hike in the way I do or you can hike to the other gravel road and take a left onto that and hike to the waypoint and then take a left and start bushwhacking to the drainage. If you do the hike this way, you will have to come out where I go into the woods. If you have a second vehicle that is good enough to get down the other rougher gravel road, you can park at both waypoints/parking areas.