Caldeno Falls is a 45-foot horsetail waterfall on Caldeno Creek in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
The falls
The creek comes down in two measured drops: a roughly 30-foot sliding cascade followed by a 15-foot sheer plunge, for a lidar-measured total of 45 feet. Some current sources map the same stream as Caledonia Creek rather than Caldeno Creek; one source treats "Caledonia" as a long-standing map error, though no federal naming decision has settled it. Upstream on the same creek are slide rapids known as Diana's Bath.
Getting there
The route begins on Lake Road, reached from Mountain Road just past the Deer Head Inn, at signed national recreation area parking. From there it is a loop of just over a mile on unmarked but beaten paths, following the creek past Table Rock and returning around Lake Lenape. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area charges no general entrance fee, and its $10 expanded-amenity vehicle fee applies only at specific developed sites, not this route.
When to go
Fall, winter and spring are the recommended seasons for the hike.
On site
The path is unmarked, so hikers depend on mapped directions; it crosses slopes and travels along the creek. The National Park Service closes the ground within 50 feet upstream of a waterfall's brink here, and its safety notice ties waterfall pools and nearby cliffs to deaths and serious injuries park-wide.
History and name
The name is thought to blend the surnames of three early visitors, C. L. Pascal, C. S. Ogden and Joseph McDoud, into "Caldeonoud," later shortened to Caldeno. An 1851 account offers the same origin, built from syllables of the three visitors' surnames.
Nearby
Kittatinny Falls is about 0.1 mile away on the same creek. Buttermilk Falls is about 2.2 miles away, and Slateford Creek Falls about 2.4 miles.
Distances are straight-line.