Friday, March 22, 2019

Pennsylvania Waterfalls

Roughly 300 Waterfalls, Mapped & Listed by County
(The List is constantly being updated)

Waterfalls By County
Those in Red are on private land.
Find the Map here
Armstrong
  • Buttermilk Falls 40.6595, -79.6204
  • Buttermilk Falls 40.8405, -79.4996
  • Jackson Falls 40.5668, -79.5274
I don't know if there are two falls named Buttermilk in Armstrong County, or if this is an error.
The locations are different

Beaver County
  • Beaver Run Falls 40.7446, -80.3158
  • Buttermilk Falls 40.8144, -80.3279
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs 40.497843, -80.427756.UP
  • Bowling Alley Road Falls 41.6957, -76.2268
  • Bull Run Falls Glen (NOT an exact location. Somewhere near 41.67896, -76.53827 )
  • Fall Brook Falls 41.7628, -76.8321
  • Fall Creek Falls 41.9267, -76.6848
  • Falls Creek Falls 41.6487, -76.5976
  • LeRoy Falls 41.6604, -76.7004
  • Rollinson Falls 41.5997, -76.719
  • Shrader Falls 41.6243, -76.6673
Bradford County
  • Barclay Falls
  • Bowling Alley Falls [Roadside] 41.695959, -76.227249
  • Bradford Falls on Falls Creek
  • ?? On Falls Creek  41.646 -76.596
  • ?? On Falls Creek  41.648, -76.596
  • Deep Hollow Falls
  • Holcomb Falls [Roadside]
  • Laquin Falls on Falls Creek
  • Thomas Run Falls
  •  [Name??]  41.685427, -76.575632.
  • [Name??] N 41° 39.201 W 076° 37.628
Bucks County
  • Durham Falls 40.5762, -75.1939
  • Falls Creek Falls 40.5665, -75.1349
  • Ringing Rocks Falls 40.5622, -75.1261
Cambria County
  • Clark Run 40.411, -78.9809
  • Falls Run Falls 40.309, -78.8757
  • Hinckston Road Falls 40.3711, -78.8901 (Drive right up to the falls)
  • Yoder Falls 40.2486, -78.8923
  • White tail Falls 40.3151, -78.8668
Carbon County
  • Black Run Falls  41.0442, -75.7428
  • Buttermilk (Lehigh Gorge Trail) 40.9712, -75.7535
  • Hawk Falls (Hickory Run State Park) 41.0061, -75.6339
  • Hickory Run Falls (Possibly?) 41.0399, -75.6994
  • Indian Run Falls 40.9668, -75.7561
  • Unnamed Fall on Jeans Run
  • Wild Creek Falls 40.8899, -75.5613 [in Beltzville State Park]
The Glen Onoko Falls Trail
Trail is now closed, but the uppermost falls can still be reached from the alternate trail
  • Glen Onoko (Top Falls are still accessible from the trail to the right)
  • Jean Run Falls (Glen Onoko Trail - Closed)
  • Cave Falls 40.8879, -75.7672 (Glen Onoko - Trail Closed)
  • Chameleon Falls 40.8866, -75.7658 (Glen Onoko - Trail Closed)
  • Crystal Cave 40.8852, -75.7631 (Glen Onoko - Trail Closed)
  • Dual Vista Cascades 40.8888, -75.7677 (Glen Onoko - Trail Closed)
  • Entrance Cascade 40.8847, -75.7624 (Glen Onoko - Trail Closed)
  • Fawns Leap 40.8859, -75.7645(Glen Onoko - Trail Closed)
  • Rainbow Cascade (Trail Closed) 
Centre County
Chester County
  • French Creek Falls 40.1786, -75.7317
Clarion County:
  • Henry Run Falls 41° 19.264'N 79° 13.652'W
  • Rapp Run  (or Toby) Falls  41.236551, -79.385646
Clinton County
McElhatten & Rosencrans falls face each other, and are both located behind the McElhatten Reservoir.  One side in is definitely private property, but new No Trespassing signs have appeared right by the falls on the other side now as well.  

Columbia County
  • Falls Run Falls 40.9627, -76.1928
Crawford County
  • Rock Creek Falls 41.5236, -80.1672
Dauphin County
  • Conewago Falls 40.12705, -76.72058
Elk County - 
  • Table Falls 41.270556, -78.247065 UP
Erie County 
  • Howard Falls 41.9557, -80.23
Fayette County  - 
  • Bear Run Falls (Fallingwater)
  • Cascade Falls 39.8489, -79.4903
  • Cucumber Falls 39.8633, -79.5025
  • East Branch Falls (2)  40.017362, -79.583046 UP
  • Jonathan Run Falls 39.9023, -79.4917
  • Ohiopyle 39.8677, -79.4953 (State Park)
  • Robinson Falls 40.017897, -79.610758 UP
  • Sugar run Falls 39.9059, -79.4906

Forest County
  • Logan Falls 41.5883, -79.1581 UP
  • Pigeon Falls 41.4697, -78.9604
Fulton County
  • Jarrett Falls 39.886529, -78.062699 UP
Greene County
  • Coal Hole Falls 39.9025, -79.9759
Huntingdon County
  • Rainbow Falls (Trough Creek State Park) 40.3222, -78.1313
Indiana County
  • Buttermilk Falls (Mr Rogers Grandfather owned these) 40.419, -79.0664
  • The Glen 40.4877, -79.4542
Jefferson County
  • Falls Creek Falls 41.1746, -78.8365
Lackawanna County
  • Blakely Falls & Hulls Creek Falls 41.483268, -75.612933   UP 
  • Nay Aug Falls 41.4015, -75.6395
  • Choke Creek Falls 41.17122, -75.61812
Lancaster County 
  • Kellys Run Falls 39.8386, -76.337
       
Lawrence County
  • Alpha Falls 40.9603, -80.169 UP
  • Breackneck Falls 40.9375, -80.1785 UP
  • Cascade Falls 40.9772, -80.3191
  • Fall Brook Falls 41.5888, -75.517
  • Hells Hollow Falls 40.9295, -80.2318 UP
  • Kildoo Falls
  • Lower Cascade  40.9783, -80.323
  • Muddy Creek Falls 40.9785, -80.177
  • Quakertown Falls 41.0219, -80.5105
Lebanon County 
  • Aycrigg’s Falls
Luzerne County
  • Aqueduct Falls 41.23971, -75.99498 EM
  • Buttermilk 41.167, -75.7427 (may also be called Bear Creek Falls?)
  • Devils Falls 41.2761, -75.7575
  • Falling Springs Falls 41.363, -75.8023
  • Great Falls Of The Lehigh 41.1294, -75.6274
  • Johnoha Falls 41.0563, -76.1092
  • Little Shickshinny Creek Falls
  • Mill Creek Falls 41.2663, -75.7838
  • Phillip Falls 41.1967, -75.8591
  • Powderhole Falls
  • Powder Glen Falls 41.0674, -76.1224
  • Shingle Cabin Falls 41.31673, -76.27025 (In Ricketts Glen State Park)
  • Solomon Falls 41.2045, -75.8992
  • Valley Falls 41.1487, -76.1729
Not a waterfall, but the 7 Tubs Natural Area is a sight to see!

Lycoming County:

The Karst Fenster falls are private, all I could find about them is "Karst Fenster is a subterranean stream that had a cave in and exposed part of the stream bed. The waterfall appears from nowhere and disappears back underground quickly below the fall"

Mercer County

  • Camp Nazareth (Private Grounds) 41.3111, -80.3138
  • County Line Falls 41.4848, -80.0364
  • Foulk Run Creek Falls 41.4808, -80.0368
  • Leesburg (Springfield) Falls 41.1441, -80.2178
  • McEwen Falls 41.3276, -80.3283
Monroe County
  • Anomolink Falls 41.0583, -75.2099
  • Buck Hill Falls 41.1948, -75.2685
  • Buttermilk 41.0096, -75.1325
  • Caldeno Falls 40.9787, -75.139
  • Clarke Falls 41.0536, -75.2228
  • Devils Hills Falls 41.1625, -75.3382
  • Fall Creek Falls 41.0312, -75.3977
  • High Falls 41.2106, -75.1411
  • Indian Ladder Falls - 41.2275, -75.2332
  • Leavitt Falls 41.2234, -75.2406
  • Lower Resica Falls (PRIVATE LAND) 41.109, -75.0936
  • Kittatinny 40.9786, -75.1379
  • Marshall Falls (Private Land) 41.0529, -75.1366
  • McMichaels Falls 40.9855, -75.1906
  • Paradise Falls 41.1067, -75.2673
  • Rattlesnake Falls 41.1818, -75.3059
  • Resica Falls PRIVATE LAND 41.1104, -75.0943
  • Skytop Falls 41.2488, -75.2331
  • Spruce Cabin Falls 41.1795, -75.2417
  • Tobyhanna Falls 41.0833, -75.5905
  • Twin Falls - Private Land - 41.0312, -75.126
  • Upper Resica 41.1242, -75.1007
  • Warnertown Falls 41.1625, -75.4692
Northampton County
  • Buckhorn Falls 41.4135, -74.7953
  • Clintons Falls 41.1112, -75.048
  • Deep Brook Falls 41.3651, -74.7806
  • Dingamans Falls
  • Great Falls 41.4598, -75.1851
  • Hackers Falls 41.2993, -74.8385
  • High Falls (PRIVATE LAND) 41.4036, -75.1038
  • Indian Ladder 1 41.1942, -74.9101 INFO
  • Indian Ladder 2 (Also called Tumbling Waters?) 41.1921, -74.9086
  • Indian Ladder 3 41.1941, -74.9053
  • Indian Ladder 4 41.1949, -74.9029
  • Indian Ladder 5
  • La Anna Falls 41.2481, -75.3336
  • Little Falls (Promised Land State Park) 41.3161, -75.2384
  • Lower Falls 41.4311, -74.8921
  • Moon Valley Falls 41.3426, -74.8047
  • Panther Creek Falls 41.4737, -74.9477
  • Pinchot Falls 41.32787, -74.82266
  • Raymondskill 41.2897, -74.8429
  • Ridgeway Falls - PRIVATE LAND 41.4254, -75.1048
  • Sand Spring Falls 41.4998, -75.0716
  • Savantine Creek Falls  41.3537, -74.8681
  • Sawkill Falls 41.3535, -74.8725
  • Shohola Falls 41.3913, -74.9694
  • Silver Spray Falls 41.3188, -75.2681
  • Silverthread Falls 41.23064, -74.88657
  • Snowhill Falls 41.1556, -75.1351
  • Tumbling Waters 41.1587, -74.9208
  • Upper Falls 41.4306, -74.8941
  • Upper Raymondskill 41.2945, -74.8464
  • West Falls 41.4643, -75.0516
  • Winona Falls - PRIVATE LAND - 41.1092, -75.04734
Bushkill Falls - Requires an admission fee, approximately $16
  • Bushkill Falls
  • Bridal Veil Falls 41.1185, -75.0133
  • Laurel Glen 41.1179, -75.0099
  • Lower Bridesmaid Falls 41.1175, -75.0132
  • Lower Gorge (Bushkill Falls) 41.117, -75.0107
  • Penell Falls 41.12, -75.0089
  • Upper Bridesmaid 41.1193, -75.0139
  • Upper Canyon 41.1183, -75.01
George Childs Park (a former State park) *UP
Sometimes referred to as "Childs Falls"
CLOSED INDEFINITELY - BY STORM DAMAGE
  • Factory Falls 41.2377, -74.9167
  • Fulmer Falls 41.2369, -74.9156
  • Deer Leap Falls 41.2361, -74.9152

Schuylkill County
Not a Waterfall - but a geyser!  

Somerset County

  • Cole Run Falls 39.9727, -79.2837 ( Easy - SHORT walk from parking area)
  • Laurel Falls 39.816, -79.1243
  • Little Paint Falls 40.2454, -78.8479
  • Paint Falls 40.2443, -78.8478 (also called Sandy) INFO

Sullivan County
  • Alpine Falls 41.4775, -76.554
  • Andrea Falls 41.4319, -76.6788
  • Angel Falls
  • Bear Run  41.3344, -76.3363
  • Big Falls on Heberly Run 41.33369, -76.35693
  • Blackberry Falls 41.3165, -76.3595
  • Buttermilk 41.5364, -76.7459
  • Coal Run Falls 41.4695, -76.5139
  • Cold Run Falls 41.4589, -76.5459
  • Colley Falls (Possibly Unnamed, but near Colley)  N 41° 31.283 W 076° 17.501
  • Cottonwood Falls 41.4625, -76.5822 (Worlds End State Park)
  • Deep Hollow Falls 41.3874, -76.5009
  • Double Run Falls 41.4591, -76.5941
  • Dry Run Falls 41.4301, -76.6704
  • Dutchman Falls & The Haystacks 41.45, -76.4507
  • Dutters Run Falls 41.428, -76.6596
  • East Branch Falls (3 falls) 41.4592, -76.5791
  • Gibson Fall41.39309, -76.67735 (on the way to Angel Falls)
  • High Rock Falls 41.4736, -76.5813
  • Ketchum Falls (3 or 4 waterfalls)
  • Lee Falls 41.45143, -76.62769 
  • Lewis Falls
  • Lincoln Falls (PRIVATE PROPERTY) 41.5132, -76.6606
  • Lower East Branch Falls 41.4962, -76.7552
  • Lower Middle Branch 41.4923, -76.7704
  • Middle Creek 41.4562, -76.7255
  • Mill Creek Falls
  • Mineral Spring Falls 41.4499, -76.5758 - Road Side
  • Mosey Run Falls 41.3624, -76.5481
  • Pigeon Run Falls 41.3427, -76.3336
  • Quinn Run Falls 41.3443, -76.3698
  • Rode Falls 41.4563, -76.6347
  • Rusty Falls 41.4222, -76.552
  • Sullivan Falls 41.33586, -76.33998
  • Tamarack Falls 41.46847, -76.53141
  • Twin Falls on Heberly Run (State Gamelands 13) 41.3332, -76.3565
  • Trout Run Falls 41.3673, -76.6066'
  • Unnamed Falls on The Way To Angel Falls 41.3926566, -76.6770222
  • Upper Middle Branch 41.493, -76.7713
  • Vinegar Run Falls  41.45936, -76.54618 Roadside
  • Wenonan Falls 41.3747, -76.5777
The 22 Named Waterfalls At Ricketts Glen,  Most are in Sullivan County, but some are in Luzerne County - the trail crosses county lines
  1. Adams (separate from the falls trail - easily accessible from parking lot)
  2. Kitchen Creek (only 9 ft tall, sort of hidden under 118)
  3. Murray Reynolds
  4. Sheldon Reynolds
  5. Harrison Wright
  6. Wyandot
  7. B. Reynolds
  8. R.B. Ricketts
  9. Ozone
  10. Huron
  11. Shawnee
  12. F.L. Ricketts
  13. Ganoga
  14. Ganaga
  15. Onodaga
  16. Mowhican
  17. Erie
  18. Tuscarora
  19. Conestoga
  20. Cayuga
  21. Oneida
  22. Mohawk
Hiking from Adams Falls to Where Waters Meet - at Rickets Glen
ALSO IN RICKETTS GLEN, but not on the falls trail - And In Luzerne County - 

Susquehanna County

  • Brants Falls 41.9724, -75.7159
  • Cascade Creek 41.9897, -75.5933
  • Fall Brook Falls 41.9094, -75.8657 (Salt Springs State Park)
  • Lost Falls 41.945, -76.0808
Tioga County
  • Bohen Run Falls  41.5563, -77.38181  INFO
  • Campbells Run Falls 41.64813, -77.44543
  • Chimney Hollow Falls 41.722443, -77.443894 UP BL
  • Fall Brook Falls Upper Falls 41°40'39.9"N 76°59'18.1"W
  • Fall Brook Falls Lower Falls 41°40'38.5"N 76°59'16.7"W
  • Fall Run Falls 41.5645, -77.467
  • Jerry Run (On Bohen Trail) VIDEO
  • Lower Little Fourmile Run 41.6995, -77.4559 (Turkeypath - PA Grand Canyon)
  • Rattlesnake Run Falls - near Sand Run Falls  UP
  • Sand Run Falls 41.6618, -77.194 UP
  • Stone Quarry Run 41.57247, -77.38318  BL
  • Tumbling Run Falls 41.5479, -77.4562
  • Upper Little Four Mile 41.6997, -77.4552 (Turkeypath - PA Grand Canyon)
  • Unnamed Falls (2) near Sand Run Falls  UP
  • Water Tank Hollow Falls 41.58897, -77.38505  BL
Venango County
  • Freedom Falls 41.2363, -79.7468 UP
  • Gregg Falls 41.5416, -79.6667
  • Little Scrubgrass Creek Falls 41.1897, -79.7845
  • Miller Falls 41.5756, -79.6517
  • Potters Falls 41.2773, -79.7766
Warren County
  • Bent Run Falls 41.8348, -78.9967 UP
  • Hector Falls 41.6853, -78.975 UP
  • Jennings Falls 41.6114, -76.017
Wayne County
  • Bucks Falls 41.886, -75.4768
  • Darbytown Falls 41.60661, -75.07666
  • Honesdale Falls (3 - in town?  Names?)
  • Fallsdale Falls 41.676, -75.1555
  • The Falls 41.9311, -75.2988
  • Little Niagra 41.5768, -75.2797
  • Paupack Falls 41.4717, -75.1715
  • Promption State Park Waterfall Parking: 41.63562, -75.34621 UP
  • Salt River Falls 41.8191, -75.1642
  • Tanners Falls 41.663, -75.2979
  • Wangum Falls 41.4958, -75.249
  • White Mills Falls 41.5276, -75.2018
Westmoreland County
  • Adams Creek Falls 41.2521, -74.8793
  • Braddock Trail Falls 
  • Buttermilk 40.2656, -79.291
  • Jacobs Creek Falls 40.1071, -79.6777
Wyoming
  • Becker Brook To Waterfall Gorge (Several falls, no trail)
  • Bullards Falls 41.6264, -76.044
  • Buttermilk 41.4604, -75.8484
  • Evans Falls 41.4676, -76.0164
  • Glen Falls 41.525, -76.1206
  • Middle Buttermilk 41.4612, -75.8444 PRIVATE LAND
  • Mill City - 41.4934, -75.8361 PRIVATE LAND
  • Osterhoute Falls 41.5125, -75.8897
  • Potts Falls 41.6136, -76.0302 PRIVATE LAND
  • Tidoute Falls
  • Upper Buttermilk - PRIVATE LAND - 41.4619, -75.8439
  • White Brook Falls 41.497237, -76.143642 EM
York County
  • Mill Creek Falls EASY
  • Upper Mill Creek Falls INFO
  • Duncan Run Falls (Very challenging)
  • Muddy Falls 39.7818, -76.3164
  • Snap Falls 39.7775, -76.3214
  • Wildcat falls 40.0505, -76.5977
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3 comments:

  1. nice map, do you have any info on the Black Run Falls in sgl 40 you posted? I can see what looks like a fall on the sat view... thinking of heading there this weekend just wondering what I'm looking for

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    1. No, I do not - if you go, please tell me about it!

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    2. I think the falls are 6 foot tall - but I'm not certain. Definitely small.

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