Lichen Falls is a 28-foot waterfall on tributary of Lynn Hollow in Johnson County, Arkansas, in the Boston Mountains region. It lies about 20 miles north of Clarksville and roughly 40.9 miles southeast of Fayetteville as the crow flies.
At 28 feet it is on the modest side for Arkansas, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 34 feet; it ranks 68th of 110. By form it is 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.
Johnson County holds 56 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lynn Hollow Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Leaning Log Falls, a 27-foot plunge waterfall, is about 7.4 miles away. Lower Adkins Canyon Falls, a plunge waterfall, is about 7.6 miles away.
Lichen Falls is located at 35.7568° N, 93.5313° 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.