List of waterfalls of the Delaware Water Gap

Map of Delaware Water Gap

There are many waterfalls in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, recognized by the National Park Service as a National Recreation Area located in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.[1] The Delaware River is the main cause of the water gap and it has been working on creating the water gap in a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains for a very long time.[2]

Buttermilk Falls

Buttermilk Falls has an elevations change of 1104 feet and is moderately difficult to get to but the trail length is not very long only 1.4 miles each way. Buttermilk Falls is one of the tallest waterfalls in New Jersey.[3] The waterfall is near the north end of the Delaware Water Gap in New Jersey.[4]

Dingmans Falls

Dingmans Falls Base View
Dingmans Birds Eye View

Dingmans Falls is the second highest waterfall in the state of Pennsylvania with a plunge of 130 feet.[5] It is located at the northern end of the park. There is a beautiful boardwalk that leads you to the base of the Waterfall where you can see the 80 foot cascading drop. This boardwalk is roughly a half a mile long and only takes you to the base of the fall. the broad walk include the sites of Dingmans Falls and Silverthread Falls.[6] You can continue on up a series of stairs to the waterfall and see the entire 130 foot plunge from the birds eye view. The best time to go see this waterfall is about 24 hours after a good rain then it will be flowing fast a steady.[7] This is most known waterfall of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Park.[8]

Silverthread Falls

Silver Thread Falls Boardwalk View

Silverthread Falls is a waterfall that is passed on the way to see Dingmans falls. It is also located in upper Pennsylvania not even a half a mile from Dingmans Falls via the boardwalk.[6] This waterfall very steep it has a drop of about 80 feet[8] with a narrow channel constructed by prominent rock-joints faces. It only drains about a square miles and the volume flow is way less than Dingmans Falls.[9]

Factory Falls

Factory Falls is located on the George W. Childs Park Trail in Pennsylvania, it follows Dingmans Creek so you are very close to Dingmans falls. The Brooks Family ran a woolen mill from 1823 to 1832 next to this fall, the remains of the mill can be seen next to the fall.[10] You will take a single path through the woods that runs on both sides of the creek that is roughly 1.5 miles in length. This waterfall is the first one in a set of three that is on this traill. Factory falls drops twice and makes a 90 degree turn with the creek.[11]

Fulmer Falls

Factory Falls View
Fulmer Falls View

Fulmer Falls is the second waterfall you will see on the George W. Childs Park Trail in Pennsylvania right after Factory Falls. This fall is 56 feet tall and is the largest in George W. Childs Park. This waterfall has a unique feature of falling in a semi-circular basin of rock and then flowing downstream.The base of this waterfall is not accessible unless the fence is jumped, this is not prohibited.[11]

Deer Leap Falls

Deer Leap Falls Entered

The third last fall of the trail of George W. Childs Park is Deer Leap Falls. There is a bridge over top of the falls that gives it a very majestic look. The fall itself can be seen from all sides well including above because the bridge allows site-seers to walk on top of the fall. There is a very large large wide shallow pool at the bottom of the fall, swimming and wading are not permitted. However this does not stop a lot of people from getting into the water for a selfie. The walk back is about three quarters of a mile before the parking area is back in view.[11]

Bushkill Falls

Bushkill Falls

There are eight waterfalls in and more than two miles of trail for these 300 acres located in Pennsylvania also near the top of Delaware Water Gap National Recreational park. The drop of the main fall of Bushkill Falls is about 100 feet.[12] While the drop from the first falls to the bottom of the lower gorge is about 300 feet. This set of falls is often referred to as the "Niagara of Pennsylvania".

Raymondskill Falls

Raymondskill Falls are a series of three cascading waterfalls located on Raymondskill Creek in Pike County, Pennsylvania that is the tallest waterfall in Pennsylvania.[13]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/dewa/planyourvisit/maps.htm
  2. ↑ "What's a Water Gap?" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-21. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Buttermilk Falls Trail". Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  5. ↑ "Visitor Centers - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  6. 1 2 "Dingmans Falls | Scenic, Wild Delaware River". delawareriver.natgeotourism.com. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  7. ↑ "Dingmans Falls at Dingmans Falls Visitors Center". www.poconomountains.com. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  8. 1 2 JOHNSON, KENT. "Walk along the waterfall trails within Delaware Water Gap Recreation Center". poconorecord.com. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  9. ↑ http://www.gis.dcnr.state.pa.us/topo/ogf/OGF_DingmansSilverthreadFalls.pdf
  10. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/dewa/planyourvisit/george-w-childs-park-trail.htm
  11. 1 2 3 "Pennsylvania Waterfalls: The Falls of George W. Childs Park - UncoveringPA". UncoveringPA. 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  12. ↑ "Bushkill Falls". www.poconomountains.com. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  13. ↑ "Raymondskill Creek Trail". National Park Service. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
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