Dingmans Falls and Silver Thread Falls (2 Gorgeous Waterfalls)

Since I was already in the area after checking out Bushkill Falls, I decided to take a 20 minute drive and see two more waterfalls: Dingmans Falls and Silver Thread Falls.

This side of Pennsylvania seems to be full of different waterfalls to check out!

You'll be happy to know that it's free to come here and that there's no real hiking; the path is on a wooden boardwalk.

The only "difficult" part you'll run into is if you want to walk up to the top of Dingmans Falls; there's 240 steps to climb.

And this place seemed to be a lot less crowded!

So, right off the bat I was liking this place and I hadn't even seen the waterfalls yet.

First and foremost, I want to make sure that you know how to get here so that you can see it yourself.

I'm going to direct you to the road that takes you right to the parking lot at Dingmans Falls. You should see a big green building with Dingmans Falls on the side of it when you pull into the parking lot. There's also restrooms and drinking fountains.

Click THIS LINK to open a map to the parking lot. This will show you exactly where you want to go and you can even enter your address to get directions to Dingmans Falls from your house.

For some reason Google Maps decided not to put the road to the parking lot on their map. Go ahead and click the "Satellite" button on the top right of the map and zoom in on the green arrow. You can see that the road continues on to the left and there's a loop up and to the left in the trees.

That loop is the parking lot. You can even see the roofs of the buildings there.

Now you can chose to read the text below and look at the pictures first or you can "hike" the boardwalk through the video to the right.

To get to the boardwalk you'll have to walk to the end of the parking lot near the restrooms. There's a sidewalk that goes in between the restrooms and the main building, passes a drinking fountain and curves to the right before it heads off into the woods.

The whole trail is only 1/2 a mile to the base of Dingmans Falls.

You'll first come upon the thin, 80 foot high Silver Thread Falls on your right. The water falls down two levels here between plant-covered rocks. 

As you continue on you'll soon hear the main attraction in the background: Dingmans Falls.

As soon as I saw it I immediately liked this place better than Bushkill Falls. Such a calm, natural feel to this place... you know, like nature should be.

This waterfall is 130 feet high and has a nice clear pool of water in front of it.

If you want to go see Dingmans Falls from the top of it, you'll have to backtrack a little to the stairs up to the top. They were on your left as you were coming to check out the falls from the base.

Seeing it from the crest really helps you appreciate the size of this natural beauty.

So if you're in the area, you should definitely come take a short boardwalk stroll through the forest and gaze at the simple beauty of nature.

 There's really not much else for you to do at Dingmans Falls unless you want to check out the Visitor's Center. 

But if you like to make your eyes smile at the wonders of our natural world, then I think you should take a trip here!