Erie Falls is a 47-foot waterfall on Ganoga Glen Branch in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the Northern Allegheny Plateau region. It lies about 13.8 miles west of Harveys Lake and roughly 32.3 miles west of Scranton as the crow flies.
At 47 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Pennsylvania’s 133 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 26th; the typical Pennsylvania waterfall is about 28 feet.
The Northern Allegheny Plateau is a dissected upland of rolling hills and deep valleys in New York and Pennsylvania, with northern hardwood forest and dairy farms. Creeks cut through layered shale and sandstone in gorges lined with waterfalls, as in the Finger Lakes glens. Ganoga Glen Branch carries 9 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 94 feet.
Luzerne County holds 35 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Tuscarora Falls, 41 feet high, is under a mile away. Wyandot Falls, 15 feet high, is under a mile away. Harrison Wright Falls, a 27-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away.
Erie Falls is located at 41.3218° N, 76.2773° 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.