Cottonwood Falls
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
- Access status
- Short marked loop trail from PA 154 near the Worlds End chapel
- The walk
- Roughly half a mile along the Double Run Trail, per PA Bucket List; the whole loop is 1.2 miles
- Ground & access
- Woodland trail along a stream, with bridges. DCNR rates it more difficult.
Cottonwood Falls is a small waterfall, about 12 to 13 feet, that drops through a narrow slit in rock walls on Double Run, just outside Worlds End State Park in Loyalsock State Forest. The green-blazed Double Run Nature Trail begins and ends on PA 154 across from the park chapel and follows the west branch of Double Run past small waterfalls and pools. Walk about half a mile along the trail to Cottonwood Falls. Return the same way or complete the loop.
Plan your visit
Double Run Nature Trail from PA 154 across from the Worlds End State Park chapel to Cottonwood Falls
PA Bucket List gives roughly a half-mile hike along the Double Run Trail to the falls. DCNR lists the Double Run Nature Trail as a 1.2-mile loop.
Woodland trail along a stream, with bridges. DCNR rates it more difficult.
Where to start
Double Run Trailhead on PA 154 next to the park chapel. PA Bucket List gives trailhead coordinates 41.46577, -76.57854.
Timing & water
No seasonal closure is mentioned.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
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