Fall Brook Falls is a 50-foot waterfall on Fall Brook in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, in the Ridge and Valley region. It lies about 1.3 miles northwest of Carbondale and roughly 14.6 miles northeast of Scranton as the crow flies.
At 50 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Pennsylvania’s 133 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 20th; the typical Pennsylvania waterfall is about 28 feet.
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. Fall Brook carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Fall Brook Falls is the tallest of them.
Lackawanna County holds 3 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Twin Falls, is about 10.2 miles away. Little Niagara Falls, is about 12.3 miles away. Tanners Falls, 20 feet high, is about 12.4 miles away.
Fall Brook Falls is located at 41.5888° N, 75.5170° 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 creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.