Valley Girl Views: Robinson Falls near Connellsville Pa

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Robinson Falls near Connellsville Pa

Robinson Falls, near Connellsville Pa

Approximately - 40°01'04.7"N 79°36'38.5"W

Most of the waterfalls we saw on our trip this week were super easy to get to. A couple you could see from the car. This one however, was a bit of a tricky climb down a steep and slippery hill, even though you could sort of see the top of the fall from the road.

The view of the top of the falls, from the road.

There is sometimes some room to park at the end of the guardrail where Independence Avenue meets Falls Avenue. When we arrived here, that entire area was a huge rutted, muddy, mess. We drove on out Falls Avenue, over the creek, and on the left, right across from the large red barn, there was a small gravel pull off area, large enough for one or two cars. Then we walked the short distance back over the creek, following the guard rail, and at first, we missed the path and did not see a way down the hill. In older satellite photos, you can see the falls standing at the guardrail. When we were here in August of 2019, the trees and bushes were so tall and full that we did not know where the waterfall was.

The path, roughly at 40.0180556,-79.6102778

But when we walked back toward the car, this time walking between the guardrail and the trees, instead of walking on the road, the path was really obvious. Narrow, and steep, but obvious.

It was worth the scramble down the hill. This is an absolutely gorgeous area! It's hard to believe this is so close to the road. It's likely that many people drive right over this area, without ever realizing this is here.