The second set of falls that Bill and I photographed on our recent trip to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area was Deer Leap Falls. Like Fulmer Falls, Deer Leap Falls is located in the George W. Childs Recreation Site. It is the third set of falls on this section of Dingman’s Creek.
Deer Leap Falls is wonderfall – the creek passes through an opening in the rocks into a dramatic drop into a pool of water.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
One of the fascinating aspects of Deer Leap Falls is watching the power of the water as is passes through the gap at the top of the falls. Imagine the force and time it has taken for the water to carve this path through the rocks.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Just a little ways off from Deer Leap Falls and Dingman’s Creek is a little stream running through the woods and over the rocks. The stream really reminded me of some of the streams I’ve photographed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park – green leaves, gray rocks and powerful water.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
I’m hoping to make at least one more trip to the Delaware Water Gap later in the next few months – I’d love to see the area filled with the colors of fall – and with the ice and snow of winter.