Cave Falls is a 16-foot waterfall on Glen Onoko Run in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 2 miles northwest of Jim Thorpe and roughly 24.1 miles northwest of Allentown as the crow flies.
At 16 feet it is on the modest side for Pennsylvania, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 28 feet; it ranks 107th of 133. By form it is a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
The Ridge and Valley is a corridor of long, parallel forested ridges and farmed limestone valleys running the length of the Appalachians. Waterfalls occur where streams cut through resistant sandstone on the ridges. Glen Onoko Run carries 10 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 64 feet.
Carbon County holds 17 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Stairway Cascades, is under a mile away. Onoko Falls, a 64-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Chameleon Falls, a 22-foot horsetail waterfall, is under a mile away.
Cave Falls is located at 40.8879° N, 75.7672° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.