Osterhout Falls is a waterfall in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, in the Northern Allegheny Plateau region. It lies about 3.5 miles southeast of Tunkhannock and roughly 13.7 miles northwest of Scranton as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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.
Wyoming County holds 8 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Buttermilk Falls, 30 feet high, is about 4.2 miles away. Upper Buttermilk Falls, 20 feet high, is about 4.2 miles away. Middle Buttermilk Falls, 25 feet high, is about 4.2 miles away.
Osterhout Falls is located at 41.5125° N, 75.8897° 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.