A short but steeper trail to the tallest waterfall in Pennsylvania — Raymondskill, a three-tiered drop of about 150 feet. Steep, unfenced overlooks; stay on the trail.
Watch for the Raymondskill Falls sign and turn west off US-209 here, up Raymondskill Road a short way to the parking lot. This is the crown of them all: Raymondskill Falls, the tallest waterfall in the whole state of Pennsylvania. It's a short walk down from the lot, though a bit steeper and rougher than the Dingmans boardwalk, to a pair of viewing platforms.
Raymondskill drops in three tiers, close to a hundred and fifty feet in all as the creek stair-steps down toward the Delaware. There's a bit of local legend that it stands only a few feet shorter than Niagara — they do love to say that around here — and while you shouldn't take the comparison too literally, standing at the rail with all that water pouring past you, it's easy to see why they brag.
Same firm warning as Childs, because this is the steepest and most exposed of the falls: stay on the trail and behind the rails. People have fallen to their deaths here reaching for a better view or a photo. The best view is the safe one. Take it in from the platform — Raymondskill is the tallest of them all, and a fine place to stand a while and let the whole valley soak in.
Photo: G. Edward Johnson · CC BY 4.0
