Deer Leap Falls
Pennsylvania · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Today at Deer Leap Falls: mostly sunny, 83°F. September averages 5.4" of precipitation here — expect high flow.
Right now
Today
83°F
Mostly Sunny
Tonight
59°F
Mostly Cloudy then Patchy Fog
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:34 AM · Sunset 7:18 PM · 12h 44m
Snapshot built 15m ago. Sources: NWS BGM.
Deer Leap Falls is a waterfall in Pike County, Pennsylvania. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Deer Leap Falls sits in Pike County, Pennsylvania. The base sits at roughly 909 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 1 minutes from Birchwood Lakes. A trail — Childs Park Trails — runs within 10 meters of the marked location. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
There are many waterfalls in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a national recreation area managed by the National Park Service in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
When to go (from the climate data, not our opinion)
Monthly averages from Open-Meteo's reanalysis dataset (2020–2024). Highlighted months are when we think the waterfall is at its best — but the numbers are the numbers regardless.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip (in) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 23 | 4.1 | 11.6 |
| Feb | 40 | 23 | 3.5 | 10.4 |
| Mar | 49 | 30 | 4.6 | 6.4 |
| Apr | 58 | 39 | 5.6 | 2.8 |
| May | 68 | 48 | 3.9 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 78 | 59 | 3.2 | 0 |
| Jul | 83 | 65 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Aug | 80 | 63 | 4.1 | 0 |
| Sep | 72 | 56 | 5.4 | 0 |
| Oct | 63 | 47 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 51 | 36 | 3.5 | 3 |
| Dec | 40 | 28 | 4.7 | 8 |
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · ERA5 reanalysis 2020–2024.
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Leap Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fulmer Falls | 0 mi | 55 ft | — | — | — |
| Factory Falls | 0 mi | 92 ft | — | — | — |
| Dingmans Falls | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Silverthread Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Indian Ladder Falls | 3 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Deer Leap Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is Deer Leap Falls from a major city?
Deer Leap Falls is 1 miles from Birchwood Lakes (about 1 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
41.2361, -74.9152
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_in_the_Delaware_Water_Gap
Wikidata (Q5250788)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5250788
GeoNames (5186619)
https://www.geonames.org/5186619/
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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