Fishtrap Falls is a waterfall on Fishtrap Hollow in Newton County, Arkansas, in the Boston Mountains region, with a total height of about 83 feet. It lies about 15.6 miles southwest of Harrison and roughly 47.1 miles east of Springdale as the crow flies.
At 83 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Arkansas’s 110 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 11th; the typical Arkansas waterfall is about 34 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
The Boston Mountains are the highest and most rugged part of the Ozarks, deeply dissected sandstone plateaus covered in oak-hickory forest with shortleaf pine. Clear creeks cut narrow hollows with numerous bluff-line waterfalls, at their best in spring. Fishtrap Hollow carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Fishtrap Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 42 recorded waterfalls in Newton County. Lower Fishtrap Falls, is under a mile away. Lower Hemmed In Hollow Falls, a segmented waterfall, is under a mile away. Hemmed In Hollow Falls, a 209-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away.
Fishtrap Falls is located at 36.0650° N, 93.2989° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.