Gorge & Falls · Pennsylvania

Ricketts Glen

Twenty-one waterfalls on one trail

TypeGorge & Falls
StatePennsylvania
Best seasonSpring (high water) & fall color
How to visitFree state park (Falls Trail is steep, seasonal ice closures)

A Pennsylvania state park where the Falls Trail strings together 21 named waterfalls — including the 94-foot Ganoga Falls — down two plunging glens of old-growth hemlock. One of the great waterfall hikes east of the Rockies.

The shot

Ganoga Falls in the hemlock glen.

Nearby & worth pairing

  • Red Rock
  • Lake Jean
  • Pocono region
  • Worlds End State Park

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