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Bradford Falls

Bradford County, Pennsylvania

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Access status
Partial guide: unmarked user trail on state game lands
The walk
About 0.6 mile to the falls, per PA Bucket List; the full trail is 1.6 miles out and back
Ground & access
Strenuous: over 600 feet of climb on the full trail, with rocky, slippery ground and a wet stream crossing. The section along Falls Creek is an unmarked user trail.
PA Bucket List: Hiking the Bradford Falls Trail in Bradford County

Bradford Falls is a waterfall of nearly 70 feet on Falls Creek in State Game Lands 36, Bradford County. From the parking lot beside the single-lane bridge over Falls Creek, walk 150 yards west on Schrader Creek Road to an old forest road and follow it uphill. At about 0.4 mile, cross a small stream and enter a clearing with old mining debris. At the back right corner of the clearing (facing uphill), leave the road past a stacked stone wall and take the user trail down to Falls Creek, then follow the creek upstream to the falls. This partial guide relies on one visitor account; the creekside section is a user trail.

Plan your visit

Bradford Falls Trail from Schrader Creek Road: old forest road uphill, then a user trail down to Falls Creek and upstream to Bradford Falls

PA Bucket List says the upper half of Bradford Falls comes into view about 0.6 mile into the hike, and gives 1.6 miles out and back for the whole Bradford Falls Trail, which also reaches Barclay and Laquin Falls.

Strenuous: over 600 feet of climb on the full trail, with rocky, slippery ground and a wet stream crossing. The section along Falls Creek is an unmarked user trail.

Where to start

Bradford Falls Trail parking lot beside the single-lane bridge over Falls Creek on Schrader Creek Road, about eight miles from Leroy; PA Bucket List gives 41.64131, -76.59343.

Timing & water

No seasonal closure is stated. Flow is strongest after heavy rain.

Before you go

No fee is mentioned. This is state game land: follow the Game Commission's blaze orange rules during hunting seasons.

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Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

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