About this spot
Slate Falls is a 54-foot waterfall in the Poteau Mountain Wilderness of the Ouachita National Forest near Mansfield. The route is a 4.8-mile out-and-back, mostly on an old logging road, with an unmarked final half-mile bushwhack down to the falls (past reports mention sparse orange tags). Flow is rain-dependent and can be weak in dry spells. No fees; remote forest-road parking plus a long hike. No documented swimming or jumping activity was found — this reads as a hiking/photography destination.
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