Cucumber Falls
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- 30 ft (9.1 m)
- Location
- Fayette County, Pennsylvania
- Access status
- State park falls with a stairway from the parking area
- The walk
- Short stairway from the parking area above the falls; no distance is published. The alternative Cucumber Falls Trail from Ohiopyle is 0.4 miles, per DCNR
- Ground & access
- Stone stairway into the gorge. DCNR rates the Cucumber Falls Trail more difficult, with natural rock terrain, and says it can flood when the Youghiogheny River is high.
Photo credit
Photo: John Brighenti from Rockville, MD, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCucumber Falls is a 30-foot falls where Cucumber Run drops into the Youghiogheny River gorge in Ohiopyle State Park. From PA 381 just south of Ohiopyle Falls, turn onto Kentuck Road to the parking area above the falls. A stairway leads down into the gorge to the base of the falls, and there is also an overlook near the top. A longer approach is the Cucumber Falls Trail from Ohiopyle, which follows the river past Entrance Rapid and then crosses natural rock to the falls. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Cucumber Falls parking area on Kentuck Road, down the stairway to the base of the falls
Go Waterfalling describes a parking area just above the falls and a stairway to the base but gives no distance. DCNR lists the Cucumber Falls Trail from Ohiopyle as 0.4 miles, out-and-back.
Stone stairway into the gorge. DCNR rates the Cucumber Falls Trail more difficult, with natural rock terrain, and says it can flood when the Youghiogheny River is high.
Where to start
Parking area just above the falls, reached from Kentuck Road, which meets PA 381 just south of Ohiopyle Falls.
Timing & water
Ohiopyle State Park is open every day, sunrise to sunset. Flow is highest after rain and much lower later in summer.
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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