Hackers Falls
Pike County, Pennsylvania
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Pike County, Pennsylvania
- Access status
- National Park Service trail from Raymondskill Road
- The walk
- 0.8 mile each way, 1.6 miles out and back, per PA Bucket List
- Ground & access
- Well-worn forest trail with ups and downs and several trail junctions.
Hackers Falls is a fan-shaped waterfall, about 20 feet, on Raymondskill Creek in the Cliff Park area of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The Hackers Trail begins across the street from the lower Raymondskill Falls parking lot on Raymondskill Road. Follow the yellow blazes through hardwood forest and hemlock ravines. The trail crosses other trails, including the Cliff Trail, so stay on the yellow-blazed Hackers Trail. The first views of the falls are from downstream; the trail continues up beside the creek for closer views. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Parking area on Raymondskill Road near Raymondskill Falls, then the yellow-blazed Hackers Trail to Hackers Falls on Raymondskill Creek
PA Bucket List gives a 1.6-mile out-and-back hike, 0.8 mile each way, from the Raymondskill Road parking area. The National Park Service lists the whole Hackers Trail as 1.4 miles with 340 feet of elevation change.
Well-worn forest trail with ups and downs and several trail junctions.
Where to start
Parking area on Raymondskill Road across from the trailhead, near the lower Raymondskill Falls lot. Published coordinates: 41.29016, -74.84120.
Timing & water
No seasonal closure is mentioned. The National Park Service prohibits swimming, climbing and wading on or within 50 feet of the waterfall, and food, picnicking and alcohol on the Cliff Park trails and at Hackers Falls.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
- National Park Service: Hackers Trail, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- National Park Service: Hackers Trail, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- National Park Service: Hackers Trail, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- National Park Service: Hackers Trail, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- PA Bucket List: Exploring Hackers Falls in Pike County
- PA Bucket List: Exploring Hackers Falls in Pike County
- PA Bucket List: Exploring Hackers Falls in Pike County
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