About this spot
This pin sits inside Glen Onoko Falls Gorge near Jim Thorpe, on the Falls Trail between Onoko Falls and the lower gorge — a dozen-plus named cascades over roughly a mile, historically one of Pennsylvania's most photographed waterfall hikes. Access is via the Glen Onoko trailhead off Route 903 near the Lehigh Gorge Trail. Critical caveat: the Pennsylvania Game Commission closed the Falls Trail in May 2019 after multiple hiker deaths from falls on wet, exposed rock; the tract was transferred to DCNR in 2025 for eventual inclusion in Lehigh Gorge State Park, but as of 2026 the trail remains officially closed with no reopening date, and rehabilitation work is ongoing. This is a scrambling/hiking hazard site, not an established swimming or cliff-jumping spot.