Upper Haley Falls
Newton County, Arkansas
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- 17 ft (5.2 m)
- Location
- Newton County, Arkansas
- Access status
- Published parking and upper-falls approach; exposed edge
- The walk
- Return walk; precise total unknown
- Ground & access
- Rocky trail, creek terrain and exposed bluff edges. Stay back from waterfall lips.
Follow the Hawksbill Crag trail from across the parking road to the larger creek crossing and trail junction around one mile in. Turn right alongside the stream to the top of Upper Haley Falls. Return the same way; the exposed lower-falls scramble is excluded.
Plan your visit
Hawksbill Crag trailhead to the top of Upper Haley Falls
The source places a creek junction about one mile from parking, then the falls top about 100 yards farther. Its 2.2-mile figure refers to a different three-waterfall loop.
Rocky trail, creek terrain and exposed bluff edges. Stay back from waterfall lips.
Where to start
Explore the Ozarks identifies Hawksbill Crag trailhead parking on the right about six miles up steep gravel Cave Mountain Road from Highway 21.
Timing & water
Current parking and spur conditions unverified; waterfall flow varies with rain.
Before you go
The official 2026 Forest Service schedule lists Whitaker Point/Hawksbill Crag as free. This confirms the trailhead fee, not authorization of every off-trail waterfall approach.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Lower Haley FallsPartial: only the upper-falls approach is documented; lower-base descent unverified45 ft (13.7 m) · Newton County, AR0.0 miSW
- Mule Trail FallsPublished parking and top-of-falls approach; off-trail creek section31 ft (9.5 m) · Newton County, AR0.2 miW
- Thousand Kisses FallsPartial guide: waterfall location along bluff documented; final approach insufficiently detailed32 ft (9.9 m) · Newton County, AR0.2 miW
- Beagle Point FallsApproach or parking partly unconfirmed76 ft (23.2 m) · Newton County, AR1.1 miS
- Wild Burro Falls21 ft (6.4 m) · Newton County, AR1.2 miS
- Compton's Double FallsFirsthand approach and roadside parking documented; steep terrain and creek crossing39 ft (11.9 m) · Newton County, AR1.3 miSW
- Amber FallsPartial: exact final approach remains unresolved18 ft (5.5 m) · Newton County, AR1.5 miSW
- Bowers Hollow FallsResearched visit notes56 ft (17.1 m) · Newton County, AR2.8 miS
- Paradise FallsBushwhack approach and parking not currently verified32 ft (9.8 m) · Newton County, AR3.1 miE