Resica Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on the Bush Kill in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, and the namesake of the Resica Falls Scout Reservation that surrounds it. The land is private, but the camp keeps a small viewing area beside its entrance open to the public.
The falls
A single 25-foot drop; the creek, also called Bushkill Creek, splits over rock ledges into three separate streams roughly 60 feet across, and only in extremely high water do they merge into one sheet. Wikipedia's article on the reservation gives a higher figure of 45 feet.
Getting there
The falls are about 12 miles north of Stroudsburg on Resica Falls Road, at the reservation entrance (1200 Resica Falls Road). A paved lot sits across from the camp headquarters, and a path of about 100 feet leads along the creek to the overlook. Visiting is free, from dawn to dusk. The reservation belongs to the Cradle of Liberty Council of Scouting America, and public access is limited to the falls area: the rest of the camp is off limits to visitors.
When to go
In extremely high water the three channels run together. Undergrowth around the falls has thickened in recent years and can block parts of the view.
On site
A wooden gateway and railings mark the overlook. The path gives a side view of the falls. Posted rules require staying behind the railings and cables and forbid swimming, walking on the rocks, smoking, drones and dogs, and visitors must carry out their trash.
History and name
The Philadelphia and Valley Forge Scout councils bought the property in 1955, dedicated it in April 1956 and opened the camp in 1957, naming it after the waterfall. A 2006 conservation easement protects 1,028 acres of the reservation from development.
Nearby
Lower Resica Falls is about 0.1 mile away, and Upper Resica Falls about 1 mile away on the same creek. Winona Falls and Clintons Falls on Saw Creek are each about 2.4 miles away.
Distances are straight-line.