Stahle Falls
Newton County, Arkansas
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- 63 ft (19.2 m)
- Location
- Newton County, Arkansas
- Access status
- Roadside parking authorization unconfirmed
- The walk
- Distance to Stahle alone not confirmed
- Ground & access
- Old-road approach followed by a bluff descent, creek crossing and narrow shelf. The account describes using the downstream bluff break before returning upstream beneath the cliffs. This is not a developed overlook.
Stahle Falls drops from a tributary in Boen Gulf. Rick Henry describes reaching its base from Woods Boys Falls along a narrow shelf beneath the bluff. His 2015 account is historical route evidence.
Plan your visit
Boen Gulf access and bluff-base approach
Waterfall Valley reaches Stahle at mile 1.70 after visiting Magnolia and Woods Boys. Its 3.6-mile total also includes Hadlock Cascade. Neither is a measured Stahle-only round trip.
Old-road approach followed by a bluff descent, creek crossing and narrow shelf. The account describes using the downstream bluff break before returning upstream beneath the cliffs. This is not a developed overlook.
Where to start
Waterfall Valley’s April 2025 visit corroborates roadside parking at the Wilderness Access sign on NC-9050 near 35.862801, -93.385118. This is firsthand use, not land-manager authorization; check current signs and road conditions.
Timing & water
Flow varies with rainfall; the winter account records ice and falling icicles.
Before you go
Fees, permits and reservation requirements for this visit have not been confirmed; check with the land manager.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Hadlock CascadePartial: stated limitations remain27 ft (8.2 m) · Newton County, AR0.1 miNE
- Woods Boys FallsSource-reviewed route and parking33 ft (10.1 m) · Newton County, AR0.2 miE
- Magnolia FallsSource-reviewed route and parking26 ft (7.9 m) · Newton County, AR0.2 miE
- Paradise FallsBushwhack approach and parking not currently verified32 ft (9.8 m) · Newton County, AR1.2 miNE
- McClure FallsCurrent road and parking access unconfirmedNewton County, AR1.9 miSW
- Bowers Hollow FallsResearched visit notes56 ft (17.1 m) · Newton County, AR2.0 miSW
- Ken Smith FallsUpper-drop identity documented; approach and parking incompleteNewton County, AR2.0 miSW
- Beagle Point FallsApproach or parking partly unconfirmed76 ft (23.2 m) · Newton County, AR2.8 miW
- Wild Burro Falls21 ft (6.4 m) · Newton County, AR2.9 miW