Bushkill Falls EarthCache

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Hidden : 1/28/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

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Bushkill Falls has been called the "Niagara of Pennsylvania," Bushkill is a series of eight waterfalls, located in the Pocono Mts. All of which can be reached by a network of hiking foot trails and wood bridges that vary in length and difficulty level. The trails are marked and color coded for easy route finding.

Visit Bushkill Falls


Adults: $10 / Seniors: $9 / Children 4 to 10: $6 / Children 3 and under: Free

Coords will take you to parking lot of Bushkill Falls Visiter Center where you can get a free map of the 8 falls named; Bridal Veil Falls, Bridesmaid Falls, Laurel Glen Falls, Pennell Falls, and three additional, unnamed falls.

Aside from the hiking trails and numerous falls; Bushkill offers other outdoor activities for your more adventurous, or non. Theres a Wildlife and Native American exhibit, icecream, & Gift shops.

In total, The Poconos encompasses over 2,500 square miles. The Poconos are mountainous, geologically. But this location in PA is closely zoned between Plateau to Valley and Ridge. The Poconos' highest summit, Elk Hill’s North Knob, reaches 2,693 feet, while its lowest elevation is 350 feet in Pike County.

The Delaware River flows through the Pocono Mountains and gives the region its name, from a Native American term roughly translating to "stream between two mountains." Throughout the region the many water ways total about 170 miles. The Pocono Mountains are also home to some 150 lakes and many waterfalls.

The Appalachians and Pocono’s have a history of geographical movement. In today's mountains we see elongated belts of folded and thrust faulted marine sedimentary rocks, volcanic rocks and slivers of ancient ocean floor, which provides evidence that they were deformed during plate collision. The birth of the Appalachian ranges, some 480 million years ago.

The once-quiet Appalachian passive margin changed to a very active plate boundary when a neighboring oceanic plate, Iapetus, collided with and sunk below the continental plate. This new subduction zone, birthed the early Appalachians. Along the continental margin, volcanoes grew, with the initiation of subduction. Thrust faulting uplifted and warped older sedimentary rock down on the passive margin.

As mountains rose, erosion began to wear them down. Streams carried rock debris down slope to be deposited in nearby lowlands. These events were just the first of a series of mountain building plate collisions that contributed to the formation of the Appalachians. 250 million years ago the Appalachian Mountains were eroded to an almost a flat plain. It was not until the region was uplifted during the Cenozoic Era that the distinctive topography of the present formed. The uplift rejuvenated streams, which rapidly cut downward into the ancient bedrock. Some streams flowed along weak layers that define the folds and faults created many millions of years earlier. Other streams cut so rapidly that they eroded right across the resistant folded rocks of the mountain core, carving canyons across rock layers and geologic structures.

Waterfalls contribute to erosion and disturbance in the flow of a stream or river. This can be abundantly shown here with Bushkill’s eight waterfalls, and carved valleys and ravines.

They are created from the difference in rock types, the structure of the land, tectonic movement, and melting snow providing an abundance of rock eroding water.

Waterfall Classification is based on how the water passes through its course, how much water is flowing and by its standard shape. This chart shows the different forms, to classify waterfalls. Many waterfalls can be numerous combinations of more than one form. you can find the chart in the pic link below, or use this picture.
To Log This Earthcache send answers in an email:

1.Classify the main attraction being Bushkill falls, according to the chart above.
2.Take the measure of elevation at the falls, what is it?
3.What is the difference in elevation of Bushkill to the highest summit in the Poconos.
4.Hike to Brides Veils falls #9 on visitors map. What would you classify this as? Do you think its properly named?
5.Take a funky/cool/goofy pic of you, group, friend, or foe, at the main falls with GPS and smiles, submit it in gallery.
FTF=goes to the group that Earthcached on the parks opening day after winter!
first to log- Gunner453006
Second to log- ElToro76
Third to log- Sawing locust
Forth to log- Venus de milo
Fifth to log- ferreteers
I wish you all could get the FTF for stats but Gunner out gunned you to it!
Happy Caching!

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