Waterfall · Sandyston Township, Sussex County

Stony Brook Falls

Small, stepped cascades on Stony Brook in Stokes State Forest, an easy walk along the Stony Brook Trail from the Stony Lake area.

What you will find

  • Hiking trails
  • Waterfall

Make a day of it

Nearby

  • Stokes State Forest

    State Forest · 2 miles away

    A big, quiet forest on the Kittatinny Ridge, with the Appalachian Trail, the lookout on Sunrise Mountain and the hemlock-shaded cascades of Tillman Ravine.

  • Lusscroft Farm

    State Park · 5 miles away

  • Tillmans Ravine Natural Area

    State Natural Area · 5 miles away

    A cool, hemlock-shaded gorge in the southern corner of Stokes State Forest, where Tillman Brook tumbles over small falls and swirls through a rock pothole called the Teacup.

  • Silver Spray Falls

    Waterfall · 7 miles away

    A slender waterfall hidden in a hemlock ravine off Mountain Road in the Delaware Water Gap, a short scramble from the road and close to Buttermilk Falls.

  • Papakating Creek Preserve

    Natural Lands Trust Preserve · 8 miles away

  • Buttermilk Falls

    Waterfall · 8 miles away

    New Jersey's tallest waterfall, according to the National Park Service: a long, foaming cascade down the Kittatinny Ridge beside a gravel road in the Delaware Water Gap, with a steep trail climbing alongside.