Cruise up to Willamsport PA and go East for about 45 minutes and you'll pull into Ricketts Glen Park after on STEEP hill on 487 (thought about road biking this, but haven't yet)

Follow signs to the "Falls Trail" parking. There are some ominous warning signs about the hazards of : falling, (an actual news article of some woman slipping off the falls) no playing in the water, snakes and bears... ok we know all that... Pick up a map at the sign post so you don't miss any of the falls by making a wrong turn.

Fold it up so you can see the falls. The blue names are the individual falls and the number after each is the height in feet. Each side of the "Y" is about 1.5 miles long.

The Hiking path in many places is very easy well marked and wide. But 20 years ago it wasn't the case. It used to be a muddy unmarked brush path I remember (ah back when I was a kid...) Here's a look at a nicer section:

This leads you to wide 13 footer "Oneida" falls. Don't know if it's the curved edge or the width of the falls or the canopy of mature trees echoing the sound back down on you.... but this one definitely sounds LOUD. Talking to people standing right next to you takes some effort.

Here's another view of the same falls with some perspective of size with the two people in the foreground. You find people all over the place in this park. Many play in the water below the falls and there's not too many rangers to yell at em' Another great thing about this park...

Ah and here is the 94 foot beast! "Ganoga Falls" This one is the tallest!

here's the same shot but with a 6 foot person at the base for a perspective of how big this monster is...

Here's a look from the top (watch your footing cause it's a long way down and there's nothing soft to land on down there:

Even the climbing down the steps to this beast is impressive

if you go on down the trail you can get a decent look through the pines at the beast:

Here I am at the top of the 37 foot Delaware. This is a tremendously bad idea to stand at the top cause one slip and you are washed over the edge....Do not try this at home... Well actually if you have a 37 foot waterfall in your home you can probably afford the medical bills and safety equipment...

Please accept my apologies as I cannot remember if this is the Erie Falls or the Tuscarora Falls

ok now you come to the spot where the two rivers meet at the base of the "Y" shape. Along with a large timber bridge, here's the sign you won't miss

There happen to be some folks workin on clearing some crap outta the river with a neat little set of pulleys and cables. You'll have to closely at the middle of the pick to see the pulley and large clamp which is attached at one end to a boulder they were moving. Then even my feeble understanding of physics said that if that cable comes loose and comes flying this way... well it might break the camera...

The other end of the cable is being powered by a converted chainsaw engine. Kinda kool really and it worked really fast.

First the 27 foot "Harrison Wright Falls". When you come at it from the top it looks like just another falls but this one is pretty cool...

This one has a large pool at the bottom

Here's a shot from halfway down the falls

To give you a little perspective of size and the fact that you can sneak in behind this one and disappear... This is me and my cousin

tucked in behind the falls

This was my only attempt at any "classy" photography... (I figured Kathy C. would get a kick out of it) a log had fallen and they had bisected a section leaving both ends open to look through at the river

And then a closeup with the flash on gives kind a "whacky" effect when looking through the same log section.

Time to turn around and start the climb up these 3 bottom falls and bear to the East where the waters meet and take the "right side" up the climb to see the remaining 8 falls. It's quite a climb but well worth the effort.

And the 36 foot "R.B. Ricketts Glen Falls"

This next one is "Huron Falls" this one is impressive because the surround stone valley really reaches up on both sides making this 41 footer seem even higher than it is.
The first sight and sounds give you this view

Kinda deceiving cause once you see the water coming down the ledges it looks like it "that's it" but you climb these steep steps and find there's much more. Check out the people standing on the middle left of this next shot

As you set up the steps you get a bit of perspective on the size with this guy taking a picture back down the valley gorge...

Then you reach the very top and get this view down... Check out those little people in the middle of the pic walkin down the falls trail and the worn rock...

The gorge really gives you an idea of it's size when you walk up in the 38 foot F.L. Ricketts Falls because you get an open canopy to view the sky above. You realize from the bottom of the falls to the top of highest tree is too large for your limited camera lens and have to hike back down the falls trail to get a view of "top to bottom" but even this pic doesn't have it all in it!

As you get a little closer but still "front and center"

Then start climbing F.L. Ricketts Falls and you get this side view and get a feel for the amount of water running right next to you.

Then you get to the top and look back down the falls and valley

That's the last of the falls, take a left at the next sign for the Highland trail and you'll head back to the parking lot. In the middle of this 1.3 mile trail you hit a strange bit of boulders you can climb around on if you have the finger strength to get you up onto the Midway Crevasse

The park has cabins, privileged and primitive camping sites so one could stay right there at the park and enjoy the lake fishing, canoing and numerous other trails if you want to make the full weekend at the same park. However the waterfall portion of the park takes about 5+ miles: 1/3 downhill, 1/3 uphill and 1/3 relatively flat. You can move over that distance pretty fast if you are in a hurry. But then what kind of MORON wants to move over this fast? Take your time, pack a lunch and some drinks and slow down enjoy each of the 21 waterfalls.

It's far from crowded on weekdays but the midday on the weekends get quite a few people. So trying to get pics without "other" people in it would be tough and walking the narrow path means waiting on those people to clear the staircases, more noise and some fat guy with his shirt off laying in the middle of these gorgeous views eating a bucket of chicken....

Watch the weather if you have the choice cause rain means the water will be runnin faster but the rocks and paths will be SLICK and there are NO guardrails. This part of PA is cooler than most as the elevation, latitude, cool mist from the water and shade from the trees keeps the area cooler than in the parking lot. I was happy to have shorts, t-shirt and good boots for the hike in August. But others were there in long pants and sneakers. It was nice enough to get in the water if you are brave enough.

I saw people with young kids on the hike and some were happy while others were too young and out of shape for the terrain and where whiny. I took a pack and carried water for the group of my girl and cousins. Sunblock is always a good idea but this is soo shaded that I probably didn't need it even at midday.

As always I have reduced the pics down to under 1/4 size so if there's any you would like to have or just wonder about detail... send me an email and what you want and I'll email over the original.