[5] Topographic relief is significant as the east aspect rises 1,600 feet (490 meters) above West Fork Cimarron River in one-half mile.

[4] The first ascent was made in 1934 by Melvin Griffiths and Robert Ormes via the 400-foot south face, which is the only established climbing route.

[7] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.

Chimney Rock appeared in Rooster Cogburn's climactic shootout of the 1969 western motion picture, True Grit, starring John Wayne.

[8] It is also seen in the 1962 epic, How the West Was Won, as Gregory Peck tries to tow a covered wagon stuck in the mud.