Pennsylvania Waterfalls

[Mark J]

Dingman's Falls and Raymondskill Falls are my favorites. Also Silver Thread Falls, on the trail to Dingman's Falls. Check out http://www.waterfalls-guide.com/pa_dingmans_falls.htm. Also http://www.waterfalls-guide.com/pa_waterfalls-guide.htm.

Also in the area is Bushkill Falls, which is privately owned and commercialized. I hate paying admission to see a waterfall, but that's the only way to see Bushkill. I would aim to get there when they open in the morning so you can get out before the tourists show up. Or skip it all together because there are plenty of great places to see without paying admission. (By the way, I don't mind paying $3 per vehicle as charged at many national forests).

A very unsual non-waterfall desination in the area is Hickory Run State Park with its other-wordly boulder field. See
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/ ... ryrun.aspx.

Mark J

[pawaterfalls]

Cool. thanks! What are the best ones to see in DWG?

Mark has got a good idea of the nice in the Poconos. Bushkill, Dingmans and Raymondskill all reign in at over 100 feet. He's spot on with the admission to Bushkill also. If the money didn't go primarily for the maintenance and upkeep of the boardwalks, I'd probably just stop going there. There's video of some of the Pocono waterfalls on my site here:

http://www.pawaterfalls.com/videos.html

Video 1 and Video 4. In Video 1, Nay Aug, Buttermilk and Fallbrook are not part of the Poconos.

IMO, the best ones to see:

1.) Raymondskill. There's also some waterfalls on Raymondskill Creek further up on a small trail that not to many non locals know about. If you're going to walk the trail, follow the creek until you hit the bridge, turn right and walk back down to the parking lot.

2.) Dingmans. The only "true" handicapped accessible waterfall in NEPa. Silverthread is also here, which is a 70 foot horsetail. Very nice if there's flow.

3.) Adams Creek. Upper and lower portions. There's 2 waterfalls on the lower portions, including one that's appx. 25-30 feet. The upper portion contains the better ones. At least 5 more if you walk the creek to the road.

4.) Childs Park. Very easy hike, boardwalk through most of it. 3 waterfalls; Deer Leap, Factory and Fulmer.

5.) Bushkill. Moderate hiking, the steps mostly kill you with the steepness they set them at. 8 waterfalls throughout and a nice boardwalk setup around the main falls.

And lastly, my favorite place if it rained for 2 days straight.... Spackmans Creek. Spackman's has no real trail, I followed a deer trail most of the way up. It's nice only if there is water flow.

[pawaterfalls]

Cool. thanks! What are the best ones to see in DWG?

You'll get a bit of a better flow this weekend than I had last weekend. We are getting between 1.5 - 2 inches of rain now and then tomorrow they're calling for another 1-3. I'd call RGSP and find out if they will have the park open. During high rains, the creeks knock down a lot of debris and sometimes they have to close the trails.

Info:

Ricketts Glen State Park
695 State Route 487
Benton, PA 17814
570-477-5675
Manager: Terence Daltroff

E-mail: rickettsglensp@state.pa.us


The rain is expected to die down sometime Thursday evening/early Friday morning with Friday being 80 and sunny.

**Edited on Thursday the 24th. Weathermen were wrong, storm moved out early. Sunny skies through tomorrow night and only 2" of rain. RGSP should be fine.

[cbobcat49]

Well we just got back from northeast PA. We stayed at a very nice B&B outside of Dushore called the Cherry Mills Lodge. As for Ricketts Glen, I think I took some of my worst waterfall photos ever here. The creek was roaring because of rain and and it was bright and sunny that day. All my shots got washed out. It was a great hike nonetheless. We went to see Seven Tubs. wow! That place is neat. A must see! The water there was crystal clear. Much like the Adirondacks. The next day we checked out the DWG falls. These were also roaring. Again, not very good pictures. I think we enjoyed the falls at Child Park the most. I'll post some shots when I can. All in all we had a good time.

[pawaterfalls]

Well we just got back from northeast PA. We stayed at a very nice B&B outside of Dushore called the Cherry Mills Lodge. As for Ricketts Glen, I think I took some of my worst waterfall photos ever here. The creek was roaring because of rain and and it was bright and sunny that day. All my shots got washed out. It was a great hike nonetheless. We went to see Seven Tubs. wow! That place is neat. A must see! The water there was crystal clear. Much like the Adirondacks. The next day we checked out the DWG falls. These were also roaring. Again, not very good pictures. I think we enjoyed the falls at Child Park the most. I'll post some shots when I can. All in all we had a good time.

Glad that you had a good time. The tubs are a nice spot, did you go all the way up and over the railroad tracks? Childs Park is a nice place in the winter time, especially Factory Falls (The upper one).. very photogenic. I took the g/f and kids up to Lake Minnewaska outside of New Paltz on Friday and on the way back, we stopped at some waterfalls in the Pocono region and one is particular was really raging because of the 4+" of rain they got. I kept looking for the kayakers...

[cbobcat49]

At Seven Tubs the creek seemed to level off after the main "popular" area so we didn't think there was any more. I did walk up the main creek a ways though.

[cbobcat49]

Lincoln Falls - Sullivan County

We drove right through this town of the same name. Julie wondered out loud, "I wonder if there's a falls we can see here?" Just then we passed by this kid riding a bike, so she decided to ask him if there's a Lincoln Falls..... "sure, I'll take you there!"

Well, he then led us down this driveway... When I asked him the obvious question his reply was "My friend lives here." The house was right next to the creek, we hiked up the creek, then up a tributary to Lincoln Falls. A fairly pretty falls, about 20 feet high in a narrow gorge. Since my camera sucks in extreme contrast settings, the pics aren't the greatest. The kid, Paul or Scott I think he said his name was, said that there's a cave behind the falls that they used for the Underground Railroad. We didn't bother trying to walk back there because the rocks here were VERY slippery.



looking downstream...

[cbobcat49]

Mineral Springs Falls

Another falls from our Pennsylvania trip in Sullivan County. We weren't planning on visiting this and didn't even know it was there until we drove past it. We were going from the High Knob overlook to Worlds End state park. I didn't even know what it was called until just now I was browsing through pawaterfalls.com and found a match.
http://www.pawaterfalls.com/pages/mineralspring.html
It's a very picturesque small falls in a little glen easily viewed from the road, which happens to be a dirt forest road which doesn't get a lot of traffic.





I thought these barriers in the culvert where the creek went under the road were interesting. Erosion prevention I guess.

[cbobcat49]

Some shots from Rickets Glen State Park. The sunlight was horrendous the day we were here so most of my pictures came out real bad. Here are some passable ones. The creek runs through a dense hemlock forest so the tannin from the trees leaches into the water making it the color of tea. Really interesting.

Ozone Falls


Adams Falls

[cbobcat49]

Sullivan Falls - in the state game lands near Rickets Glen

I had a run in with a rattlesnake while we were here! I was climbing up back out of the glen, put my hand on a medium size rock to steady myself, and I heard the unmistakable sound of a rattler! CHCHCHSSSHHH!!! I did not see it anywhere though. Possibly under or next to the rock. I froze scared for a second or 2 and then sloooowly walked away. Julie was ahead of me and she said I looked like I saw a ghost.

[Matt]

could have been a baby... they sometimes have rattles

[pawaterfalls]

Lincoln Falls - Sullivan County

We drove right through this town of the same name. Julie wondered out loud, "I wonder if there's a falls we can see here?" Just then we passed by this kid riding a bike, so she decided to ask him if there's a Lincoln Falls..... "sure, I'll take you there!"

Well, he then led us down this driveway... When I asked him the obvious question his reply was "My friend lives here." The house was right next to the creek, we hiked up the creek, then up a tributary to Lincoln Falls. A fairly pretty falls, about 20 feet high in a narrow gorge. Since my camera sucks in extreme contrast settings, the pics aren't the greatest. The kid, Paul or Scott I think he said his name was, said that there's a cave behind the falls that they used for the Underground Railroad. We didn't bother trying to walk back there because the rocks here were VERY slippery.

I wish I had that kind of luck. Lincoln is one that is in the books, but I have never been to. I know it's all pointless now, but there were some others close to the pics that you have. Buttermilk Falls in Sullivan County at the Buttermilk Falls Campground in Shunk. Ask permission and they're generally ok with people going back. It's either here or Spackmans Creek in Pike County where I blew out my back and eventually had to have surgery on a disc in the L5-S1 area. I took a nasty spill on both.

Sullivan Falls in Sullivan County.. one of my two favorite waterfalls in Sullivan County. Further up the road on the left is Bear Run Falls and further up Sullivan Run are about 9 more waterfalls from the various tributaries and on the run itself.

Mineral Spring Falls is a nice area and I normally just sit on the rock close to the fall and relax for a while before I start shooting this one. Upon leaving, did you notice Cold Run Falls? It's a little roadside fall going back towards US 220 on the right. You also passed by the road for Coal Run Falls and the parking area for Cottonwood Falls if you used PA 154 to get to Worlds End State Park. Inside World End, there's a 70 foot fall in steps that falls in to the Loyalsock that can be seen from close to the parking area. I think it's High Rock Falls.

Best time for the tannin is in the winter. Gives a nice look to the otherwise all white scene.

[cbobcat49]

We didn't see Coal Run Falls but I remember passing by a Coal Run Road. There were other falls we wanted to see in the Sullivan Falls area but we were running out of time and Sullivan looked like the nicest and easiest to get to. This area has a TON of falls in it so I had to do a lot of hard picking and choosing as to which ones to go to. I used your site for a lot of my research. Thanks!

[cbobcat49]

Bushkill Falls, in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area - 7/26/08

The creek was roaring since it had rained the night before.

[Matt]

cool, how high is that?

[cbobcat49]

100 feet

[pawaterfalls]

Bushkill is nice and the highest single drop in the eastern part of the state according to books(haven't explored much of the western side yet). I just hate the steps once you get over towards the bridal veils/ bridesmaids. I'm very thankful for the benches at the top. My hard earned $12 at work.

[cbobcat49]

some of the falls in Childs Park - in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area - 7/26/08

Fulmer Falls



Deer Leap Falls. this was the only shot I was able to get without multiple people splashing around in the water.



Factory Falls


ruins near the crest of Factory Falls. A... factory perhaps?

[cbobcat49]

some shots from Dingmans Falls - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area - 7/26/08



Lots of rhodedendrons here. Or mountain laurel. I always get those mixed up.

[Matt]

That level platform in the middle looks like a cool place to stand.