Silver Spray Waterfall
Sussex County, New Jersey
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Sussex County, New Jersey
- Access status
- Partial: route documented; the match to this listing is probable but not confirmed
- The walk
- About 0.6 miles (Waterfall Hero hike length)
- Ground & access
- Unmarked path with a stream crossing. The rocks around the falls are very slippery.
Photo credit
Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsFrom the pull-off, walk up Mountain Road about 400 feet to an obvious path into the woods on the left. At about 0.2 miles, cross the tributary that Silver Spray Falls is on. Across the creek, follow the path upstream on the right bank (facing downstream) to the falls. The match between this listing and Silver Spray Falls is probable but not confirmed. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Pull-off on Mountain Road in Walpack, short path through the woods, across the tributary and upstream to Silver Spray Falls
Waterfall Hero lists a hike length of 0.6 miles and does not say if this is one way or return. If Mountain Road is closed, it says to park at the gate and walk the road 1.4 miles one way to the waterfall.
Unmarked path with a stream crossing. The rocks around the falls are very slippery.
Where to start
Drive Tillman Road 1 mile from Struble Road, turn left on Mountain Road at Walpack Cemetery, and drive 1.4 miles on the dirt road. Pull off on the left just before an overgrown driveway on the right. Trailhead coordinates 41.14143,-74.88017.
Timing & water
Mountain Road can be closed; then park at the gate and walk the road. Stream crossings are harder after rain.
Before you go
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. No fee is stated by the sources. Dogs must be on a leash.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
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Silverthread FallsTrail and access road closedPike County, PA6.6 miN
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- Laurel Glen FallsPartial guide: trail inside a private park; exact match of Laurel Glen to this listing not confirmedPike County, PA7.1 miW
- Upper Canyon FallsPartial guide: the attraction names the Upper Canyon but does not mark this exact fallsPike County, PA7.1 miW