Sidewinder Slot Canyon

Posted : admin On 7/30/2022

Sidewinder Canyon For even more twists and turns inside a slot canyon, Sidewinder provides some of the best claustrophobic hiking in Death Valley. You can find more detailed route information here. This hike is considered strenuous, so use caution in the passageways. Sidewinder Canyon is a little off the beaten path. The park newsletter even tells you to get the map from the Ranger Station. Maybe they want a headcount of people attempting the area - maybe they just don't like making extra copies. To get the the trail head you need to.

Sidewinder Slot Canyon
Sidewinder Slot Canyons
Sidewinder Slot Canyon

Rate this Adventure 2.5 miles 600 ft gain - Out-and-Back Trail

Added by Jim Bellings

You'll find 5 incredible waterfalls after a short, but steep bushwhack into Bear Creek Canyon.

Find County Road 1802 in Hagarville, Arkansas off of Arkansas Hwy 123. Travel about 2.2 miles down the road and park. Coordinates 35.68642, -93.17392

You'll start hiking west and should find yourself on the right hand side of wet weather ravine. Look closely as you follow this ravine, you'll see pink markers hanging from tree branches as you descend deeper toward Bear Creek Canyon.

You'll come across 2 of the 5 waterfalls pictured at Coordinates 35.68930, -93.18470. The waterfalls are named Sidewinder and Swamp Falls. If the water level is low you can climb down below Swamp Falls for some fantastic pics.

Journey upstream a short distance and you'll approach Baby Bear Falls. Take in the sight and shoot some pics before turning around and heading back downstream.

You'll want to go past Sidewinder and Swamp Falls continuing downstream to V Slot Falls. I recommend a rope if you want to climb into the slot cut into the rock over centuries of erosion. Truly a magnificent sight. On this day the creek was flowing descent, but not enough water to form a 'V' around the boulder pictured.

A little further downstream and you'll reach the last waterfall. This one is Slot Pool Falls. I ate lunch here. It'd be the perfect place for a summer swim if you were up to bushwhacking through thorns, poison ivy and all the undergrowth associated with warm weather in the Ozarks.

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Swimming Hole

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Sidewinder may refer to:

Snakes[edit]

Sidewinding, a form of locomotion used by some snakes
- Bitis peringueyi or sidewinding adder, a venomous adder species found in Namibia and southern Angola
- Cerastes cerastes or Saharan horned viper, a venomous pit viper found in northern Africa and parts of the Middle East
- Crotalus cerastes or sidewinder rattlesnake, a venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States

Amusement park rides[edit]

Sidewinder (roller coaster element), an inversion involving a half-loop followed by a half-corkscrew
Sidewinder (Elitch Gardens), a roller coaster in Denver, Colorado
Sidewinder (Hersheypark), a roller coaster in Hershey, Pennsylvania
Sidewinder, a ride at Sandcastle Waterworld in Blackpool, England

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