Horsehead Creek Falls
Johnson County, Arkansas
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- 35 ft (10.7 m)
- Location
- Johnson County, Arkansas
- Access status
- Historical route; current parking unconfirmed
- The walk
- Walking distance not confirmed
- Ground & access
- Very steep, brush-covered slopes, poison ivy, obscured footing and bluff navigation. The source reports roughly 700 feet of descent and a strenuous climb back. There is no maintained trail.
Bryce Alexander’s 2016 account reaches Horsehead Creek Falls by following a closed jeep road to a food plot, then descending steep wooded slopes beside a tributary. The main falls are upstream from a separate unnamed tributary waterfall. This requires off-trail navigation around bluffs.
Plan your visit
Brian’s Polyfoss off-trail descent from FR 1445A
The author’s 2.92-mile GPS outing visits several falls throughout Brian’s Polyfoss. It is not a measured parking-to-Horsehead-Creek-Falls return distance.
Very steep, brush-covered slopes, poison ivy, obscured footing and bluff navigation. The source reports roughly 700 feet of descent and a strenuous climb back. There is no maintained trail.
Where to start
The historical account describes parking beside a dirt barricade 0.2 mile along FR 1445A from CR 4101. Current road condition and parking permission have not been independently confirmed.
Timing & water
Check current access and conditions before travel; the reviewed source does not establish a reliable visiting season.
Before you go
Fees, permits and reservation requirements for this visit have not been confirmed; check with the land manager.
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