Big Falls

Big Falls is a waterfall in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. Big Falls is situated nearby to the waterfall Twin Falls, as well as near Lewis Falls.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Mountain and Clemuel Ricketts Mansion.

Peak

Central Mountain is a mountain in Columbia County, Sullivan County, and Luzerne County, in Pennsylvania, United States. Its elevation is 2,247 feet above sea level. Central Mountain is situated 2 miles south of Big Falls.

House

The Clemuel Ricketts Mansion is a Georgian-style house made of sandstone, built in 1852 or 1855 on the shore of Ganoga Lake in Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States. Clemuel Ricketts Mansion is situated 2½ miles northeast of Big Falls.

Nearby places include Mossville and Ricketts.

Hamlet

Mossville is an unincorporated community in Fairmount Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Mossville is situated 6 miles southeast of Big Falls.

Ricketts is a ghost town that was established as a lumber mill company town in Sullivan and Wyoming counties, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Ricketts was built in 1890 along Mehoopany Creek in both Colley Township in Sullivan County and Forkston Township in Wyoming County for sawmills of the Trexler and Turrell Lumber Company. Ricketts is situated 6 miles northeast of Big Falls.

Latitude

41.3302° or 41° 19′ 49″ north

Longitude

-76.35426° or 76° 21′ 15″ west

Open location code

87H58JJW+37

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=waterfall

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