Haw Creek Falls is a 4-foot block waterfall on Haw Creek in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest, Johnson County, Arkansas.
The falls
As a block waterfall, the creek spreads across a broad ledge rather than falling from a single point. A lidar read of the site puts the drop at no more than 4 feet, down from about 6 feet in older figures. The site lies in the Boston Mountains, the highest and most rugged part of the Ozarks, where creeks cut narrow hollows into sandstone plateaus.
Getting there
The Forest Service's Big Piney Ranger District keeps the site open, with a nine-site campground and a waterfall day-use area open all year at no charge and requiring no special-recreation permit. The campground has two vault toilets, and visitors are asked to pack out what they pack in. The Ozark Highlands Trail also passes the site.
On site
The stream runs past rocks and a bluff under mature hardwoods. Official rules on swimming and dogs, and any recorded deaths or injuries, are not documented.
Nearby
Pams Grotto Falls is about 0.3 mile away, Pack Rat Falls about 0.4 mile, and Upper Pack Rat Falls also about 0.4 mile, all on tributaries of Haw Creek.
Distances are straight-line.