Day: January 8, 2025

In 2020, I made my first visit to Hemmed-in Hollow Falls. Admittedly, I took the short, easy route by making the quick hike from the Buffalo River while on a float trip. I knew about the popular hike to Hemmed in Hollow from the Compton Trailhead, and had heard it was pretty difficult. So after seeing the impressive sight of the falls crashing down into the hollow, I figured I could check this one off my list. (Seeing the falls is the whole point, right?). But after years of hiking other waterfalls, I felt like I needed this challenging hike on the blog. So I decided to return to Hemmed-in Hollow to do the hike from the top. Hemmed in Hollow Falls, located on the Buffalo National River, is 209 feet tall. That makes it the tallest waterfall in Arkansas. In fact, it’s the tallest water...