Waterfall Hikes Near Plainfield, NJ

Plainfield's closest waterfall is Maple Falls, a seasonal cascade on the Lenape Trail in Essex County's South Mountain Reservation, about 11 miles northeast. Pottersville Falls on the Lamington River is about 18 miles northwest, and the Great Falls of the Passaic in Paterson, a 77-foot drop through basalt with views from Haines Overlook Park, is about 25 miles northeast. Two entries are Delaware River rapids rather than drops: Scudders Falls near Ewing, about 36 miles southwest, and Foul Rift below Belvidere, about 38 miles west. The Buttermilk Falls 33 miles north is a roadside cascade in Warwick, New York, and the page's 11 falls end with a few in the Pennsylvania Poconos right at the 50-mile line.