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Trail Facts
- Distance: 14.6
Waypoints
HHF003
Location: 36.0428619384766, -93.3174743652344
Hemmed-in-Hollow landing; wadeable lagoon with nice beach
Note: Scant chance to land boat if overshot
HHF006
Location: 36.0699615478516, -93.3087387084961
Two small waterfalls rush down the hollow
HHF007
Location: 36.0731353759766, -93.3072052001953
Rock walls cup the creek; continue upstream to the 177-foot Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls, the largest waterfall between the Appalachian Mountains and the Rockies; return to boat
HHF001
Location: 36.0390090942383, -93.3359451293945
Steel Creek put-in; launch on R side, paddle hard to midstream to avoid water ledge
HHF002
Location: 36.0506477355957, -93.3222351074219
River bends S near Big Bluff; a mix of Class II&III rapids ahead
HHF005
Location: 36.0638885498047, -93.3071899414062
Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls trailhead: Beach boat, cross small creek and hike N into steep gorge
HHF009
Location: 36.0464820861816, -93.2879180908203
Buffalo River sweeps N, passing an island; prepare for the rapids near Gray Rock, a diagonal rock that slants into the river
HHF011
Location: 36.0569496154785, -93.2797164916992
End paddle @ Kyles Landing, where you parked 2nd car
HHF004
Location: 36.0544815063477, -93.3144378662109
River jets R of small point; limestone bluffs above
HHF010
Location: 36.0552444458008, -93.2833023071289
Eddies swirl; paddle strong watching for landing on R
HHF008
Location: 36.0565414428711, -93.2993011474609
Drift past Lick Ford and Bear Cave Hollow