New Jersey is home to quite a few waterfalls but, for the most part, they’re pretty well spaced out. Seeing two in one trip is possible, if you take a car. However, if you’re looking to hike, options are a bit more limited. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist. This hike will bring you to several of the state’s most beautiful falls.
Towering 200’, Buttermilk Falls is New Jersey’s tallest waterfall.
Image/NJHiking.com You don’t need to hike to see it, as there’s a small wheelchair-accessible lot adjacent to the falls. You’ll also find a viewing platform which allows you to get close to the cascades. Always beautiful but best after a rainfall, these falls can be little more than a trickle after days of dryness.
Climbing the platform allows you to enjoy the falls from above.
Image/NJHiking.com If you live in the area, a quick visit here after a rainy day should be enough to replenish your “New Jersey natural beauty meter.” Still, it’s more fun if you hike a bit and add a second waterfall to the trip. Silver Spray falls is a hidden gem, often less crowded than the easily accessible Buttermilk Falls.
Silver Spray Falls is also known as Hidden Falls.
Image/NJHiking.com It’s about .75 miles from Buttermilk Falls but part of the fun is finding it for yourself. Still, I won’t leave you empty handed. Walk north along Mountain Road for about half a mile. The trailhead will be here, but it’s unmarked. From the trailhead, it’s another quarter mile to Silver Spray Falls. According to NJHiking, cross the stream or you’ll miss it.
Head back towards Buttermilk after Silver Spray for a manageable hike that comes in at around 1.5 miles. To get to Buttermilk Falls (your starting point for this hike), head to Mountain Road in Layton. For more details on this hike, visit NJHiking.com. For other spectacular waterfalls in New Jersey, click here.
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You don’t need to hike to see it, as there’s a small wheelchair-accessible lot adjacent to the falls. You’ll also find a viewing platform which allows you to get close to the cascades. Always beautiful but best after a rainfall, these falls can be little more than a trickle after days of dryness.
If you live in the area, a quick visit here after a rainy day should be enough to replenish your “New Jersey natural beauty meter.” Still, it’s more fun if you hike a bit and add a second waterfall to the trip. Silver Spray falls is a hidden gem, often less crowded than the easily accessible Buttermilk Falls.
It’s about .75 miles from Buttermilk Falls but part of the fun is finding it for yourself. Still, I won’t leave you empty handed. Walk north along Mountain Road for about half a mile. The trailhead will be here, but it’s unmarked. From the trailhead, it’s another quarter mile to Silver Spray Falls. According to NJHiking, cross the stream or you’ll miss it.
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