Ricketts Glen





Canoga Falls (94 ft tall) I'm at the very top on the left.

If you are one for the outdoors and like hiking and scenic views you must travel to Ricketts Glen.   I went there over this past summer and it was pretty amazing.  I had heard of this state park and its jaw dropping waterfalls but I had never seen them.  So this past summer I had some free time and decided to go up to the state park with my wife.  From Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Ricketts Glen it was about a two hour drive north including bathroom breaks and of course breakfast.  The park is thirty miles north of Bloomsburg on PA 487.

          The state park was opened for its recreational uses to the public in 1944.  The park has various activities you can enjoy like fishing, hunting, boating, swimming, and of course hiking the some twenty seven miles of trails.  There is a seven point two mile trail that will take you through the scenic route of the upper and lower section waterfalls. Twenty two of the waterfalls are actually named at the park and the highest waterfall the Ganoga Falls is ninety four feet tall.  The waterfalls are classified into two different types of falls wedding cake falls which descend in a series of small steps and bridal-veil falls that flow over a top ledge and descend vertically into a plunge pool. 

The waterfalls are not the only thing to see and do at Ricketts Glen but by far the most interesting activity to explore.  I highly encourage anyone who hasn’t been to state park to go and see for themselves.