Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls in Compton, Arkansas

Requiring a nearly six-mile hike in and out of a deep Ozark Mountain valley or float down the Buffalo River, a view of the falls is worth every drop of sweat. Wind in the valley swirls the water into thousands of droplets misting around the main plume.

Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls is a single-drop waterfall that pours over a massive bluff. The falls are most dramatic after rain, but dancing drops are visible most of the time. They are the biggest falls between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains.

Many people have found their way to the falls, despite there being no roads in the protected Ponca Wilderness. William O'Neill built a retreat at the base of the falls in 1917. Today, only stone foundations can be seen.