Smith Falls is a waterfall on Hawk Hollow in Newton County, Arkansas, in the Boston Mountains region, with a total height of about 125 feet. It lies about 24.3 miles southeast of Huntsville and roughly 43.6 miles east of Fayetteville as the crow flies.
At 125 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 110 Arkansas waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 4th. The tallest single drop is 71 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.
There are 42 recorded waterfalls in Newton County. McClure Falls, a 57-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Bowers Hollow Falls, a 56-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Lower Adkins Canyon Falls, a plunge waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away.
Smith Falls is located at 35.8439° N, 93.4258° 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.