Upper Middle Branch Falls
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- 12 ft (3.6 m)
- Location
- Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
- Access status
- Partial guide: short creekside approach with no described trail
- The walk
- 5 to 10 minutes from the parking area; distance not stated
- Ground & access
- Creekside walk with no described trail. Rocks in the streambed are very slippery.
Upper Middle Branch Falls is a staircase-like falls that spills into a large copper-colored pool on the Middle Branch of Mill Creek in Loyalsock State Forest, about 5 miles east of Hillsgrove. Lower Middle Branch Falls, about twice as tall, is just below it. From the parking area beside the Camels Road bridge, head downstream along the creek for 5 to 10 minutes to the falls. No trail is named or described, so expect to pick your own way. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Camels Road bridge over the Middle Branch of Mill Creek, downstream along the creek to Upper Middle Branch Falls
PA Bucket List gives a 5 to 10 minute hike downstream from the parking area beside the Camels Road bridge. No distance or trail is described.
Creekside walk with no described trail. Rocks in the streambed are very slippery.
Where to start
Parking area beside the Camels Road bridge over the Middle Branch of Mill Creek, published at 41.49313, -76.77249. Camels Road has been closed at times after flood damage; if the road is closed, park at the closure and walk.
Timing & water
Uncovering PA advises avoiding these narrow, unmaintained forest roads in winter unless you have four-wheel drive.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
- Lower Middle Branch FallsPartial guide: a short streamside walk with no named or marked trail described20 ft (6 m) · Sullivan County, PA0.0 miSE
- East Branch FallsPartial guide: unmarked pull-off and footpath on state forest land25 ft (7.5 m) · Sullivan County, PA1.0 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