Rusty Run Falls
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
- Access status
- Partial guide: last part is off trail along the stream
- The walk
- Approximately 2.5 miles round trip
- Ground & access
- Old forest road shared with horses, losing about 200 feet on the way in; short off-trail walk along the stream.
Rusty Run Falls, also called Rusty Falls, is in Loyalsock State Forest near Eagles Mere. Private property blocks the closer approach, so the route starts from Shanerburg Road. Walk past the gate and follow the old dirt road, part of the bridle trail system, for about 1.2 miles, staying straight where a trail branches right about half a mile in. Where the road meets Rusty Run, do not cross. Turn right and walk upstream through open forest, keeping the stream on your left, for a couple of hundred yards to the falls. There is no official trail for this last part. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Gated forest road (bridle trail) from Shanerburg Road to Rusty Run, then a short off-trail walk upstream to Rusty Run Falls
Uncovering PA gives approximately 2.5 miles round trip: about 1.2 miles on the old road, then a couple of hundred yards upstream off trail.
Old forest road shared with horses, losing about 200 feet on the way in; short off-trail walk along the stream.
Where to start
Along Shanerburg Road beside the gated road, reached from Route 154 just east of Worlds End State Park. Do not block the gate. Published coordinates: 41.433700, -76.546883.
Timing & water
No seasonal closure is mentioned.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
- Uncovering PA: How to Get to Rusty Falls in Loyalsock State Forest
- Uncovering PA: How to Get to Rusty Falls in Loyalsock State Forest
- Uncovering PA: How to Get to Rusty Falls in Loyalsock State Forest
- Uncovering PA: How to Get to Rusty Falls in Loyalsock State Forest
- Uncovering PA: How to Get to Rusty Falls in Loyalsock State Forest
- Uncovering PA: How to Get to Rusty Falls in Loyalsock State Forest
- PA Bucket List: 10 Must-See Waterfalls Near Worlds End State Park
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