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Magnolia Falls

Newton County, Arkansas

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
26 ft (7.9 m)
Location
Newton County, Arkansas
Access status
Source-reviewed route and parking
The walk
About 1.0 mile one way from the roadside parking (about 2.0 miles round trip)
Ground & access
Easy old road for most of the way, then a short, steeper creek-side path with a few fallen trees. Wet ground and shallow water can cover parts of the road.
Reviewed visitor source

Park at the widened roadside access on NC 9050 and follow the old road northwest. About a quarter mile in, take the well-defined trail at the branch (one account describes the old road bending left past a stream crossing). Pass a stone wall, and at a small creek about 0.9 mile from the start leave the trail and follow the creek downstream a couple hundred yards to Magnolia Falls, which has a grotto and pool at its base. The route is inside the Upper Buffalo Wilderness. Return the way you came.

Plan your visit

Old road from the NC 9050 wilderness access, then a short creek-side path to Magnolia Falls

Distances are from a 2025 firsthand mileage log; the 3.6 mile total in that log is for all four Boen Gulf falls and is not the Magnolia distance.

Easy old road for most of the way, then a short, steeper creek-side path with a few fallen trees. Wet ground and shallow water can cover parts of the road.

Where to start

Widened gravel shoulder on NC 9050, about 0.4 mile west of Highway 21 (2015 coordinates 35.86289, -93.38516; 2025 coordinates 35.862801, -93.385118). A Wilderness Access sign marks the old road. NC 9050 appears as FR 1462 or CR 6 on older maps.

Timing & water

Best after rain; the 2015 visit was in drought with low flow.

Before you go

No fee is listed in the reviewed accounts.

Visitor information
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More waterfalls nearby

Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Waterfall location

Newton County, Arkansas.

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