Frankfort Mineral Springs
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- Access status
- Official state park loop trail and parking documented
- The walk
- Under 10 minutes each way along the creek; full loop 1.2 miles (DCNR)
- Ground & access
- Short, easy creekside trail. Rocks around the falls are slippery.
Frankfort Mineral Springs is a U-shaped sandstone and shale grotto in Raccoon Creek State Park where an 8 to 10-foot waterfall spills over the rim and mineral springs emerge from the rock opposite the falls. Ruins of an 1800s resort stand above. From the PA 18 parking area, follow the white-blazed Mineral Springs Loop Trail along the creek to the grotto. Return the same way, or continue around the loop past the old foundations and back down along the stream to the lot.
Plan your visit
Mineral Springs Loop Trail from the PA 18 parking lot along the creek to the grotto at Frankfort Mineral Springs
Uncovering PA says the walk from the PA 18 parking area to the falls takes less than 10 minutes. DCNR lists the Mineral Springs Loop Trail as 1.2 miles.
Short, easy creekside trail. Rocks around the falls are slippery.
Where to start
Parking lot on PA 18, just south of the Raccoon Creek State Park office, published at 40.497843, -80.427756. The trail can also be reached from the park office.
Timing & water
The stream feeding the falls can dry up completely; the springs flow all year. Wildflowers, including trillium, line the trail in spring.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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