Snap Falls is a waterfall on Muddy Creek in York County, Pennsylvania, in the Northern Piedmont region, with a total height of about 5 feet. It lies about 2.8 miles northeast of Susquehanna Trails and roughly 18 miles south of Lancaster as the crow flies.
At 5 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 133 Pennsylvania waterfalls with a documented height only 0 are shorter, while the typical Pennsylvania waterfall stands around 28 feet.
The Northern Piedmont is rolling upland of farmland, oak forest and suburbs from Pennsylvania to Virginia, with waterfalls at the fall line and on rocky creeks crossing diabase and gneiss. Muddy Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Snap Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 3 recorded waterfalls in York County. Muddy Falls, is under a mile away. Kellys Run Falls, is about 4.3 miles away. Kilgore Falls, a 17-foot block waterfall, is about 8.1 miles away across the state line in Maryland.
Snap Falls is located at 39.7775° N, 76.3214° 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 creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. 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.