Lower Middle Branch Falls
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- 20 ft (6 m)
- Location
- Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
- Access status
- Partial guide: a short streamside walk with no named or marked trail described
- The walk
- A 5 to 10 minute walk downstream from the bridge, per PA Bucket List; no distance is published
- Ground & access
- Short streamside walk with no named trail described; slippery rocks in the streambed.
Lower Middle Branch Falls is the lower and taller of a pair of falls on the Middle Branch of Mill Creek in Loyalsock State Forest, west of Hillsgrove. From the parking area next to the Camels Road bridge, walk downstream along the creek. Upper Middle Branch Falls, a staircase-like falls over a copper-colored pool, comes first; Lower Middle Branch Falls, the taller of the two, is just below it. For a clear view, PA Bucket List describes getting close in the streambed, where rocks are slippery. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Camels Road bridge over the Middle Branch of Mill Creek, downstream along the creek past Upper Middle Branch Falls to Lower Middle Branch Falls
PA Bucket List gives a 5 to 10 minute hike downstream from the parking area by the Camels Road bridge. No distance is published.
Short streamside walk with no named trail described; slippery rocks in the streambed.
Where to start
Parking area beside the Camels Road bridge over the Middle Branch of Mill Creek. Published coordinates 41.49313, -76.77249.
Timing & water
No seasonal restriction is mentioned.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
- PA Bucket List: Exploring Middle Branch Falls in the Loyalsock State Forest
- PA Bucket List: Exploring Middle Branch Falls in the Loyalsock State Forest
- PA Bucket List: Exploring Middle Branch Falls in the Loyalsock State Forest
- PA Bucket List: Exploring Middle Branch Falls in the Loyalsock State Forest
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Upper Middle Branch FallsPartial guide: short creekside approach with no described trail12 ft (3.6 m) · Sullivan County, PA0.0 miNW
- East Branch FallsPartial guide: unmarked pull-off and footpath on state forest land25 ft (7.5 m) · Sullivan County, PA0.9 miE
- Triple FallsPartial guide: about a quarter mile of the approach is off trail25 ft (7.5 m) · Sullivan County, PA2.0 miE
- Emerald FallsPartial guide: route includes an unmarked off-trail section15 ft (4.5 m) · Sullivan County, PA2.4 miE
- Mill Creek FallsShort blazed trail from a forest road pull-off13 ft (4 m) · Sullivan County, PA3.4 miSE
- Andrea FallsSullivan County, PA6.3 miSE
- Old Bark FallsPartial guide: falls are off trail and not named in the sourcesSullivan County, PA6.7 miSE
- Dry Run FallsRoadside falls with a parking lot and picnic areaSullivan County, PA6.7 miSE
- Armstrong-Rode FallsPartial guide: source route uses an off-trail creek section; listing name differs from the source name10 ft (3 m) · Sullivan County, PA7.5 miE