Leaning Log Falls is a waterfall on tributary of Adkins Creek in Newton County, Arkansas, in the Boston Mountains region, with a total height of about 27 feet. It lies about 24.3 miles north of Clarksville and roughly 44.1 miles east of Fayetteville as the crow flies.
At 27 feet it is on the modest side for Arkansas, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 34 feet; it ranks 70th of 110. The water comes down as a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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. tributary of Adkins Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 42 feet.
There are 42 recorded waterfalls in Newton County. Lower Adkins Canyon Falls, a plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Adkins Canyon Falls, a 42-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Smith Falls, a 125-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away.
Leaning Log Falls is located at 35.8224° N, 93.4275° 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.