Waterfall Hikes in Pennsylvania (PA)
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Pennsylvania's waterfalls form where streams descend the Appalachian Plateau and the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, with uplands in the Poconos and glaciated northeast feeding steep creeks and river valleys. Trails mostly follow narrow forested gorges, sandstone and shale escarpments, and plateau edges, producing predominantly moderate hikes with a handful of short family-friendly paths. The state is distinctive for its dense concentration of small, multi-tiered cascades over resistant sandstone and shale ledges, often within state forests and easy to reach from nearby cities. See waterfalls near major Pennsylvania cities .
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Parks in Pennsylvania
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Updated about 2 hours agoRanked by live stream-gauge flow versus each waterfall's seasonal normal.
- 1 Raymondskill Falls Moderate · 3210 cfs 39th percentile
- 2 Pinchot Falls Moderate · 3210 cfs 39th percentile
- 3 Darbytown Falls Moderate · 1110 cfs 28th percentile
- 4 Shohola Falls Low · 57 cfs 19th percentile
- 5 Buttermilk Falls Low · 14 cfs 14th percentile
- 6 Quakertown Falls Low · 963 cfs 10th percentile
Best Waterfall Hikes in Pennsylvania
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