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Woods Boys Falls

Newton County, Arkansas

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
33 ft (10.1 m)
Location
Newton County, Arkansas
Access status
Source-reviewed route and parking
The walk
About 1.6 miles one way from the roadside parking (about 3.2 miles round trip, derived by doubling the one-way figure)
Ground & access
Mix of old road and an untrailed rocky bluff line with boulders near the falls. Inside the Upper Buffalo Wilderness; navigation by map or GPS is advisable.
Reviewed visitor source

Park at the NC 9050 wilderness access and follow the old road past the Magnolia turnoff. After the hill near 1.35 miles, the road reaches the bottom of some bluffs. Leave the trail to the left and follow the bluff line, with no trail but thin undergrowth, past small caves for about 0.2 mile to the base of Woods Boys Falls. From Magnolia Falls you can only look over the top of Woods Boys; there is no way down to the base from there. Return by the same route.

Plan your visit

Old road from the NC 9050 wilderness access, then off trail along the bluff line to the falls

The 1.6 mile one-way figure is from a 2025 mileage log; the round trip is that figure doubled. A 3.6 mile total in the log covers all four falls.

Mix of old road and an untrailed rocky bluff line with boulders near the falls. Inside the Upper Buffalo Wilderness; navigation by map or GPS is advisable.

Where to start

Widened gravel shoulder on NC 9050, about 0.4 mile west of Highway 21 (35.86289, -93.38516 in 2015; 35.862801, -93.385118 in 2025). A Wilderness Access sign marks the old road.

Timing & water

Best after rain; low flow in dry spells.

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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