School is finally out and summer has officially started for us, so we took a day trip with the family to a place we had never been before. Bushkill Falls is referred to as the Niagara Falls of Pennsylvania, so we decided that was a place to check out. We love hiking, so we headed to our destination this past week.
The drive to the Poconos is very pretty, but we had no idea what we would find once we got to Bushkill Falls.
At the entrance to the trails, there are shops and museums, ponds for paddle boating, mini golf, and snack shops. You actually have to pay to get into the park, which seems strange until you go inside and see the upkeep the money goes towards. It was really worth the entrance fee.
Very clean and well maintained trails are found throughout. There are a couple of different trails you can pick, we chose the red trail, advanced for hikers. There are stairways taking you down to the falls and back up again. Be prepared for your legs to get sore! We spent about 3.5 hours hiking, enjoying the gorgeous scenery. At times, it felt as if we were in a rainforest. On the trail we picked, we saw over 10 different water falls.
Our entire family loved the trails and would definitely come back to visit again. It was a fantastic day trip to kick off summer!
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That is beautiful! It reminds me of where I grew up. We had a waterfall right by our house.
the waterfall looks amazing. I can hear the sounds of the water crashing down while I read this.
Loojks like the perfect place to take a hike. scenic beauty and the waterfall is so amazing 🙂
I’m in love with these photos. I love the lush green and the falls, AMAZING. I’d love to do more like this with my kids. I think I need a baby hiking backpack, oh and it would be nice to have hub come along. Sooo pretty.
Wow! Such a neat place to travel. Great photos. The one of the bed, is pure art! I would frame that!
Gorgeous! I love finding places like this.
That water is awesome.. The water fall looks like it would be fun to mess around in.
That looks like such a beautiful place to visit. I would love to take a nice walk with that view.
This looks like a wonderful place to explore and take amazing pictures! How fun! Yay for summer!
Wow! Looks so pretty! Thanks for the pictures and all.
Such a beautiful place! Thank you so much for sharing 🙂
those pictures are stunning just looking at them makes me want to be there!
Strangely enough, I have a friend that was just there earlier today! Glad you enjoyed your trip with your family!
WOW! I’m going there in a few weeks now. We live in Lancaster, PA and love visiting all of the beautiful and natural places around the area from DC to NY. I didn’t even know this place existed!!! Thanks for sharing.
Lovely pictures, looks like an awesome family trip. May have to make the trip one day
Beautiful photos! stopping by from the blogging collective
What an extraordinary place! I love waterfalls, we are lucky to also have lots of hiking trails and waterfalls in our area. We have been hiking more than usual this year and have found some spectacular scenery.
What a gorgeous place to go I love falls find them some what relaxing and beautiful that place looks amazing
Such a beautiful waterfall! Very worth the hike, I’m sure!
I’ve always loved waterfalls so, so much. I will hike for hours for a glimpse of one! That’s lovely!
Looks like an incredible hike! I’m loving your pictures.
Nature is so beautiful. It doesn’t have to show off or say look at me it just is….
What a great place to relax and unwind. Just looking at the images makes me want to go there.
This looks like an amazing beautiful place. I will have to put this on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing.
Looks like a lovely place.
What a lovely day! I’ve been wanting to visit here for awhile. Maybe this summer! 🙂
It looks absolutely gorgeous there!
How GORGEOUS! We are within 2 hours of the Poconos and I would definitely make the trip to see this park. Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos.
This looks really beautiful, it reminds me of the one we have back home in Jamaica.
What a beautiful hike. Thanks for sharing!
What a relaxing place. I like seeing photos of different places that’s experiencing summer because here in our country when you say summer be ready to hoard lots of ice and literally swim in a pool of ice if possible.
Nature tripping is it and also this is a perfect activity to free our mind from online stress, I like the bigger falls to jump onto it but I love more the smaller one because it is so perfect for staying cool in the water but is the place allows swimming on the water?
Beautiful pictures! We have a falls around here we like to visit! I love the hike up!
Looks like a beautiful place to visit. I can almost hear the water through your photos!
This looks beautiful! We just went on vacation, but we went south to the FL Keys. Our next vacation will be up north and I love waterfalls. This could definitely be a place for us to vacation!
I love going on nature walks and this place looks gorgeous. I’d love to go there one day!
The waterfalls are beautiful and relaxing. I would love to go here one time.
That place looks amazing. I love the waterfall. I cannot wait to go on vacation again and find someplace fun to take the family. Glad you had a nice time.
I love waterfalls. There is something so peaceful about watching the water flow down the rocks and listening to the sounds of nature. Thank you for sharing.
Yay for summer and new adventures!
This place looks gorgeous! Stunning pictures. I wish I was there now:)
This looks beautiful..I like the photos of the river it looked so peaceful.
My goodness gracious I love your photos. Looks like the loveliest of places.
Beautiful pictures. I love seeing vacation spots! I plan to travel the world when the kids are grown.
Those pictures are beautiful. I hope I can visit there one day.
Sounds loke a wonderful trip. I’d love to go.
Beautiful! I love trips to the falls. We have the Minnehaha Falls in Minnesota, just beautiful.
Its so amazing to stay so close to nature. And this waterfall is so beautiful… I so want to be there