You may automatically think that all you can do on the Bushkill property is view the falls. This is false. This property is very expansive and has a variety of things to do. After viewing the falls, you may want to have lunch at the snack bar, which has pizza, hamburgers, and drinks. Or you may want to just have an ice-cream specialty at the ice-cream parlor. There is also a shop called the Fudge Kitchen, where you view fudge being made and/or purchase the fudge. Lastly, concerning eating, there is the option of bringing something to grill and cooking it on one of the grills provided or bringing a sack lunch and eating at one of their picnic tables. We brought a sack lunch and consumed it at one of the picnic tables. This place provides a great picnic area that has it all.
Besides eating at Bushkill, you can do a variety of activities here. You may want to tour the Pennsylvania Wildlife Exhibit and/or the Native American Exhibit. You can also mine for gemstones, putt a few rounds of golf, rent a paddleboat, fish, or just walk around the Twin Lakes area of the complex. The following are charges for these activities for the 2005 season. Mining for gemstones is $8 for a large bag, and for a small one, it is $6. Miniature golf costs $5, but it includes a souvenir ball you receive. The Paddleboat rentals are $3 per person, and a putt and paddle combo is $7. A fishing permit is $2, and fishing rentals are $5.
We walked the whole complex and also toured the gift shops. My partner, Sharon, purchased a cute polo shirt that has a small bear and Bushkill Falls embroidered
on it. I purchased a collector’s plate that has Bushkill Falls scrawled on it with a waterfalls and a deer in the background. We also purchased postcards of the individual waterfalls as well. The prices of the items we purchased weren’t any higher than any other tourist shops. For Sharon’s polo we paid about $21; for my plate we paid under $5; and for the postcards we paid a $0.25 a piece. We purchased these at the store called the Trading Post.
The phone number of Bushkill Falls is 888/628-7454. The admission rates are the following: Adults are $9, seniors are $8, children 4 to 10 are $4, and children 3 and under are free. Group rates are available, too. This place is open on various dates from April to November 2005.