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Pigeon Run Falls

Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Access status
Partial guide: final approach is off-trail on state game lands
The walk
0.6 mile to Pigeon Run, then a few hundred yards off-trail downhill
Ground & access
Unblazed footpath and old forest road, an unbridged crossing of Big Run, then an off-trail descent through woods along Pigeon Run. High water makes the Big Run crossing harder.
PA Bucket List: Exploring Pigeon Run Falls on State Game Lands 13

Pigeon Run Falls is a 20-foot drop where Pigeon Run spills into Sullivan Branch in State Game Lands 13. From the Sullivan Falls parking area, follow the worn footpath about 400 feet downhill to Big Run and rock-hop across (there is no bridge). Follow the old forest road about 0.3 mile to a fork, take the lower left fork about another 0.3 mile to Pigeon Run, cross the stream, and bushwhack downhill a few hundred yards to the falls. This partial guide relies on one visitor account; the last stretch has no trail. Several smaller waterfalls lie upstream, but the upper stream runs onto posted private land.

Plan your visit

Sullivan Falls parking area on Sullivan Falls Road, across Big Run and along an old forest road to Pigeon Run, then off-trail down to the falls

PA Bucket List gives 0.6 mile from the parking area to Pigeon Run along the footpath and old forest road, then a bushwhack of a few hundred yards downhill to the falls. No round-trip figure is given.

Unblazed footpath and old forest road, an unbridged crossing of Big Run, then an off-trail descent through woods along Pigeon Run. High water makes the Big Run crossing harder.

Where to start

Shared Sullivan Falls and Pigeon Run Falls parking area, marked by a large boulder engraved Sullivan Falls, 2.1 miles along Sullivan Falls Road from PA 487 just north of Ricketts Glen State Park. Sullivan Falls Road has no winter maintenance.

Timing & water

Sullivan Falls Road is not maintained in winter; use extreme caution in snow and ice.

Before you go

No fee is mentioned. This is state game land: blaze orange is advised during hunting seasons.

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More waterfalls nearby

Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Waterfall location

Sullivan County, Pennsylvania.

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