Bridal Veil Falls is a 45-foot horsetail waterfall in Pike County, Pennsylvania, where a small tributary drops into Raymondskill Creek right beside the lowest tier of Raymondskill Falls, inside Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
The falls
Bridal Veil is a small companion fall next to lower Raymondskill Falls, fed by a tributary rather than by Raymondskill Creek itself. The rock here is sandstone, shale and siltstone of the Mahantango Formation. The World Waterfall Database confirmed the 45-foot single drop from lidar data; earlier surveys listed 69 feet.
This is a different waterfall from the Bridal Veil Falls at the privately owned Bushkill Falls attraction, also in Pike County.
Getting there
The falls sit at the Raymondskill Falls site, which has two parking lots on Raymondskill Road. The Raymondskill Creek Trail is rated easy to moderate: a 0.3-mile loop with an out-and-back spur and 178 feet of elevation change on steep, uneven ground. The recreation area charges no entrance fee, and the park runs a Raymondskill Hiker Shuttle in summer.
When to go
The upper parking lot, which has the restrooms, is closed from early January to mid-April.
On site
Pets, food, picnics and alcohol are not allowed on the trail. Swimming and wading are prohibited in the waterfalls and within 50 feet upstream of them.
History and name
A geological bulletin from 1894 already names Bridal Veil in its description of Raymondskill Falls.
Nearby
Raymondskill Falls is right beside it, Upper Raymondskill Falls is about 0.4 miles away and Hackers Falls about 0.7 miles away. Pinchot Falls, on Sawkill Creek, is about 2.9 miles away.
Distances are straight-line.