Thunder Canyon Falls is a waterfall on tributary of Cecil Creek in Newton County, Arkansas, in the Boston Mountains region, with a total height of about 71 feet. It lies about 12.9 miles southwest of Harrison and roughly 49.3 miles east of Springdale as the crow flies.
At 71 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Arkansas’s 110 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 17th; 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 4 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. Hideout Hollow Falls, a 37-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Broadwater Hollow Falls, a 21-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away. Bridge Rock Creek Falls, is about 2 miles away.
Thunder Canyon Falls is located at 36.0846° N, 93.2543° 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.