Deer Leap Falls is the third waterfall located in the
George W. Childs Recreation Site
The George W. Childs Recreation Site is a former Pennsylvania state park that is the site of a number of cascade waterfalls along Dingmans Creek; it has been part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area since 1983. It is located i ...
,
Pike County, Pennsylvania
Pike County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,535. Its county seat is Milford.
Pike County is included in the New York- Newark-Jersey City, ...
,
United States
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. It is located downstream from the
Factory Falls and
Fulmer Falls
Fulmer Falls is the second waterfall located in the George W. Childs Recreation Site in Dingmans Ferry, Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. The falls are downstream from Factory Falls and upstream from Deer Leap Falls on ...
on the
Dingmans Creek.
It is a popular site for hikers and tourists who want to avoid the more crowded
Dingmans Falls, a short hike downstream, or the commercial
Bushkill Falls
Bushkill Falls is a series of eight privately owned waterfalls, the tallest of which cascades over , located in Lehman Township, Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountains. Water of the Little Bush Kill and Pond Run Creek descends the mountain, towar ...
, a very popular tourist attraction in the
Pocono Mountains
The Pocono Mountains, commonly referred to as the Poconos , are a geographical, geological, and cultural region in Northeastern Pennsylvania. They overlook the Delaware River and Delaware Water Gap to the east, Lake Wallenpaupack to the north, ...
area.
References
National Park Service official website
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Pocono Mountains
Waterfalls of Pike County, Pennsylvania
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area