Tamarack Falls
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- 23 ft (7 m)
- Location
- Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
- Access status
- Partial guide: unmarked old grade and creekside path; no established parking
- The walk
- About 0.6 mile each way, per Jeff Mitchell
- Ground & access
- Unmarked old grade, then a creekside path and rocky ledges into a rugged gorge.
Photo credit
Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsTamarack Falls, about 20 feet, drops into a rocky grotto with a cave-like overhang on an intermittent tributary of Loyalsock Creek near Sones Pond in Loyalsock State Forest. Jeff Mitchell describes an unmarked, unsigned old forest grade that leaves Loyalsock Road at about 41.472756, -76.528259. Follow it level, then gradually down toward Tamarack Run. Where the grade fades, follow a path down along the creek to the top of the falls, then switchback down ledges to the base. Return the way you came. You may see orange flagging along the way.
Plan your visit
Pull-off on Loyalsock Road, then an unmarked old forest grade and creekside path down Tamarack Run to the base of Tamarack Falls
Jeff Mitchell gives about 0.6 mile one way from Loyalsock Road. PA Bucket List gives roughly half a mile one way for its off-trail approach from a different pull-off.
Unmarked old grade, then a creekside path and rocky ledges into a rugged gorge.
Where to start
No established parking. Pull off Loyalsock Road as best you can near where the old grade meets the road. PA Bucket List gives a pull-off at 41.47627, -76.53157 for its own approach.
Timing & water
The stream is intermittent; PA Bucket List says to visit after heavy rain or snowmelt.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
- Jeff Mitchell: Hike to Tamarack Falls, Loyalsock State Forest
- Jeff Mitchell: Hike to Tamarack Falls, Loyalsock State Forest
- Jeff Mitchell: Hike to Tamarack Falls, Loyalsock State Forest
- PA Bucket List: 10 Must-See Waterfalls Near Worlds End State Park
- PA Bucket List: 10 Must-See Waterfalls Near Worlds End State Park
- PA Bucket List: 10 Must-See Waterfalls Near Worlds End State Park
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Alpine FallsPartial guide: the approach uses an old log road, and the base view needs a short off-trail scrambleSullivan County, PA1.3 miNW
- Cold Run WaterfallPartial guide: the exact drop this listing marks is not confirmed, and the Cold Run Trail is not on the park mapSullivan County, PA1.6 miW
- High Rock FallsPartial guide: official trail; trailhead parking not confirmed; seasonal flow26 ft (8 m) · Sullivan County, PA2.6 miW
- Cottonwood FallsShort marked loop trail from PA 154 near the Worlds End chapelSullivan County, PA2.8 miW
- Rusty Run FallsPartial guide: last part is off trail along the streamSullivan County, PA3.4 miS
- Dutchman FallsLoyalsock Trail and marked spur from a parking area27 ft (8.2 m) · Sullivan County, PA4.3 miE
- Lee's FallsPartial guide: part of the approach is an unblazed path between the Ketchum Run Trail and the Loyalsock Trail13 ft (4 m) · Sullivan County, PA5.1 miW
- Armstrong-Rode FallsPartial guide: source route uses an off-trail creek section; listing name differs from the source name10 ft (3 m) · Sullivan County, PA5.4 miW
- Wenonah FallsSullivan County, PA6.9 miS