Barclay Falls
Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Bradford County, Pennsylvania
- Access status
- Partial guide: off-trail approach above a 70-foot drop on state game lands
- The walk
- About 0.6 mile to Bradford Falls, then a short off-trail climb around it
- Ground & access
- Strenuous and rocky, with a wet stream crossing, an unmarked user trail and an off-trail climb. The base of Barclay Falls sits at the brink of Bradford Falls.
Barclay Falls is a 30-foot waterfall on Falls Creek directly above the much taller Bradford Falls in State Game Lands 36. Follow the Bradford Falls Trail: west on Schrader Creek Road to the old forest road, uphill past a small stream to a clearing, then down the user trail to Falls Creek and upstream to Bradford Falls. To reach Barclay Falls, backtrack about 100 yards downstream, climb toward the old forest road, bear right up and around Bradford Falls, and come back down to the creek below Barclay Falls. The base of Barclay Falls is the top of Bradford Falls, a dangerous edge. You can also reach the top of Barclay Falls from the forest road. This partial guide relies on one visitor account; the final approach is off-trail.
Plan your visit
Bradford Falls Trail from Schrader Creek Road to Bradford Falls, then up and around it to the base of Barclay Falls
PA Bucket List places Bradford Falls about 0.6 mile into the hike and gives 1.6 miles out and back for the whole Bradford Falls Trail. No separate distance to Barclay Falls is given.
Strenuous and rocky, with a wet stream crossing, an unmarked user trail and an off-trail climb. The base of Barclay Falls sits at the brink of Bradford Falls.
Where to start
Bradford Falls Trail parking lot beside the single-lane bridge over Falls Creek on Schrader Creek Road; PA Bucket List gives 41.64131, -76.59343.
Timing & water
No seasonal closure is stated. High water makes the brink of Bradford Falls more dangerous.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned. This is state game land: follow the Game Commission's blaze orange rules during hunting seasons.
Visitor informationVisit sources
- PA Bucket List: Hiking the Bradford Falls Trail in Bradford County
- PA Bucket List: Hiking the Bradford Falls Trail in Bradford County
- PA Bucket List: Hiking the Bradford Falls Trail in Bradford County
- PA Bucket List: Hiking the Bradford Falls Trail in Bradford County
- PA Bucket List: Hiking the Bradford Falls Trail in Bradford County
- PA Bucket List: Hiking the Bradford Falls Trail in Bradford County
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Bradford FallsPartial guide: unmarked user trail on state game landsBradford County, PA0.0 miSE
- Laquin FallsGame lands forest road route and parking documentedBradford County, PA0.0 miNW
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- High Rock FallsPartial guide: official trail; trailhead parking not confirmed; seasonal flow26 ft (8 m) · Sullivan County, PA12 miS
- Emerald FallsPartial guide: route includes an unmarked off-trail section15 ft (4.5 m) · Sullivan County, PA13 miSW
- Triple FallsPartial guide: about a quarter mile of the approach is off trail25 ft (7.5 m) · Sullivan County, PA13 miSW
- Cottonwood FallsShort marked loop trail from PA 154 near the Worlds End chapelSullivan County, PA13 miS
Tamarack FallsPartial guide: unmarked old grade and creekside path; no established parking23 ft (7 m) · Sullivan County, PA13 miS- Cold Run WaterfallPartial guide: the exact drop this listing marks is not confirmed, and the Cold Run Trail is not on the park mapSullivan County, PA13 miS