Bushkill Falls

Today I ventured out from my undisclosed location for some exploration.  The first place I stopped in at was Bushkill Falls, located about two miles north of Bushkill, Pennsylvania, along Bushkill Falls Road.  The place is a privately owned park that includes hiking trails and eight waterfalls.  This means that admission is gonna cost ya, pilgrim.  From the entrance, a series of trails and wooden walkways including stairways leads you down to the top of Bushkill Falls, also called the park's "main falls".  Here's a view from top.

Just upstream of the falls is a pool and some rapids.  You can see a wooden walkway that goes across the stream and continues on the other side.

The walkways on the near side of the stream led down to the bottom of Bushkill Falls.  I got this next shot of the falls from an intermediate elevation.

Here's a shot from the bottom of the falls, from a different angle.  The wooden walkway at the top is where I took the first two pictures.

From the bottom of the falls, this shot looks further downstream.

I eventually reached a sign indicating that the trail to Bridal Veil Falls was long, rocky, and intended for hikers.  Since I've done quite a bit of hiking, I decided to go for it.  The trail continued with mostly wooden walkways, including two bridges, before giving way to soil and rocks.  Eventually, there were some more wooden walkways.  Before Bridal Veil Falls, I reached Bridesmaid Falls.

Finally, after one last stairway, I arrived at Bridal Veil Falls.

It was now time to turn back.  I retraced my steps back to the entrance, going up many a stairway that I had previously gone down.  As I have done in other places, I took a few breathers going back up.

To learn more, besides the link at the top, go to Pocono Mountains, Visit PA, Nation's Vacation and Little Kid Big City.