West Hobo Falls is a waterfall on tributary of Cedar Creek in Johnson County, Arkansas, in the Boston Mountains region, with a total height of about 27 feet. It lies about 16.3 miles northeast of Clarksville and roughly 53.1 miles southeast 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 Cedar Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and West Hobo Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 56 recorded waterfalls in Johnson County. East Hobo Falls, a 23-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Cedar Creek Falls, a plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Discovery Falls, a 43-foot plunge waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away.
West Hobo Falls is located at 35.6809° N, 93.3346° 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.