Adams Falls is a 25-foot horsetail waterfall on Adams Creek in Pike County, Pennsylvania, inside Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, managed by the National Park Service.
The falls
Lidar puts the main drop at 25 feet in a single veiling horsetail. The same lidar survey shows at least three more drops of 10 to 15 feet further upstream, likely inaccessible; only the 25-foot main fall is counted in the total.
Getting there
The Adams Creek Trail, both trailhead parking areas, and the drainage from Sproul Road and Long Meadow Road downstream to US 209 close every year from May 1 through September 30, so the falls are off-limits for those five months and reachable the rest of the year. The park charges no entrance fee; a $10 per-vehicle amenity fee applies only at five other river and beach sites, not here.
When to go
Outside the May-to-September closure, other trailheads in the park can be icy or unplowed in winter, though no notice specific to Adams Creek has been issued.
On site
The 2026 compendium closes Adams Creek to swimming and wading, with fishing still allowed outside the annual closure, and closes the water and cliffs within 50 feet upstream of any waterfall in the park. Climbing, jumping, diving and rappelling are prohibited at park waterfalls and pools; the annual closure here is meant to protect public safety and the resource.
History and name
The World Waterfall Database treats Adams Falls as an unofficial name, and no naming origin turned up elsewhere.
Nearby
Silverthread Falls and Dingmans Falls are each about 1.6 miles away. Fulmer Falls and Deer Leap Falls, both on Dingmans Creek, are each about 2.2 miles away.
Distances are straight-line.