Little Niagara Falls

Murray County, Oklahoma

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Murray County, Oklahoma
Access status: National recreation area roadside falls; free
The walk: A couple hundred feet from the parking area
Ground & access: Short, easy paths. Very slippery rocks at the water.

Waterfall Hero: Little Niagara Falls (Chickasaw)

Little Niagara Falls, OK
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Photo: Jonathan Schilling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Little Niagara Falls is a small two-tier falls, each drop about 5 feet, on Travertine Creek in Chickasaw National Recreation Area. Waterfall Hero says to enter the park from US-177 on Perimeter Drive, go right where it becomes a one-way loop, cross a low-water bridge and bear left into the Little Niagara parking area after 0.3 miles; obvious paths lead a couple hundred feet to the falls. The pool between the drops is a popular swimming hole. The rocks are very slippery.

Plan your visit

Little Niagara parking area off the Perimeter Road loop in the Travertine Creek area, then a couple hundred feet on short paths to the falls

Waterfall Hero gives the walk as a couple hundred feet (under 0.1 mile) from the parking area.

Short, easy paths. Very slippery rocks at the water.

Where to start

Little Niagara parking area. NPS says that when Travertine Creek parking is full on busy summer days, cars are held out until spaces open, and walks from the nearest parking can exceed a mile and a half.

Timing & water

Very crowded on summer weekends and holidays; parking rarely fills on weekdays.

Before you go

NPS states there are no entry fees.

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

Murray County, Oklahoma.

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