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A Weekend of Local Stories Experience life like a local on a three-day road trip filled with hidden gems, small-town treasures, and historical places. FRIDAY: Hop on the Farmers Market Explorer on The Stourbridge Line in Honesdale for a scenic train ride that makes a two-hour stop at the Hawley’s Farmers Market. Savor a gourmet dinner at Dyberry Forks in Honesdale and spend the night at the nearby Hotel Wayne, an elegant, renovated accommodation from the 1800s. SATURDAY: The Eckley Miners’ Village Museum in Weatherly uncovers how mining families lived near where they worked. In Jim Thorpe, grab lunch at the Stone Row Pub and Eatery and explore the home of Lehigh University founder at the Asa Packer Mansion Museum. Stay at The Inn at Jim Thorpe, an 1849 hotel. SUNDAY: In Stroudsburg, watch costumed interpreters explain life from long ago at Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm. Stop for a meaty sandwich at Philly Steaks. In Milford, discover the home of Gifford Pinchot at Grey Towers National Historic Site and go back in history at The Columns Museum of the Pike County Historical Society. More Places to Explore in This Region Lake Wallenpaupack One of Pennsylvania’s largest reservoirs, offering six public recreation areas, campsites, and boat slips. Wayne and Pike counties Camelback Resort Year-round recreation such as skiing and snowboarding in winter and riding zip lines and UTVs in the summer. Tannersville Pocono Outdoor Adventure Tours Guided UTV tours through scenic woodlands in the Pocono Mountains, offered year-round. Long Pond Jack Frost Big Boulder First ski area to open every season, offering two ski experiences and a terrain park on one lift ticket. White Haven Beltzville State Park Park with 15 miles of hiking trails and a lake with seasonal swim beach, boating, fishing, and ice fishing. Lehighton Mauch Chunk Lake Park Park with hiking and biking trails, swim beach, day-use picnic area, and camping with modern restrooms. Jim Thorpe Lehigh Gorge State Park Massive park (6,100+ acres) with waterfalls, a steep-walled gorge, whitewater rafting, and biking on the Lehigh Gorge Trail. Luzerne and Carbon counties Bushkill Falls Series of eight waterfalls, network of hiking trails, and activities like mining for gemstones and a maze. Bushkill Claws “N” Paws Wild Animal Park Seasonal animal park with lions, alligators, monkeys, giraffes, and snow leopards, plus a petting zoo. Lake Ariel Costa’s Family Fun Park Action-packed family fun such as go-karts, mini golf, and bumper boats, plus Children’s Playland for younger children. Hawley An Escape to Nature (WITHOUT ROUGHING IT) Think you need to be a rugged adventurer to get into the great outdoors? No way! Enjoy all the serenity of nature plus all the comforts of home with glamping tents and more. DAY 1 Immerse yourself among delicate butterflies in the Flutterarium at Bear Mountain Butterfly Sanctuary in Jim Thorpe. Spend the night at Camptel Poconos in Albrightsville to stay in a modern-style tiny home surrounded by forests. DAY 2 Wander along the water at Tobyhanna State Park’s 170-acre Tobyhanna Lake or by Gouldsboro State Park’s 250-acre Gouldsboro Lake. Admire the rolling emerald hills of the Poconos from the French Manor Inn and Spa, a secluded bed and breakfast in Newfoundland. DAY 3 Revel in lakeside beauty at Keen Lake Camping & Cottage Resort in Waymart, where you’ll spend your day fishing or boating (kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards are available for rent). Then relax by the fire pit and get cozy in a decked out glamping tent with an outdoor patio and rocker chairs. Play Where You Stay 4 WAYS TO PICK YOUR OWN ADVENTURE An escape to the Pocono Mountains doesn’t have to involve complicated side trips and excursions. Stay at resorts with endless on-site and nearby activities to make everything easy. 1.Split Rock Resort In Lake Harmony, this resort is made for groups, people who want to balance high-speed and relaxation, and families. Get your heart racing with pickleball, volleyball, bocce ball, mini golf (indoors and outdoors), laser tag, shuffleboard, and even the on-site H20ooohh! Indoor Waterpark. 2.Silver Birches Resort There’s plenty to do at this waterfront resort in Hawley, including tubing, skiing, wakeboarding, and wakesurfing on Lake Wallenpaupack (boat rentals are available). 3.Blue Mountain Resort It’s tough to know which season is best at this spot in Palmerton. Winter brings snow tubing, as well as skiing and snowboarding on some of the longest runs in Pennsylvania and the state’s highest vertical. Summer is full of fun thanks to an adventure tower, archery tag, disc golf, downhill mountain biking, high ropes course, and outdoor laser tag. 4.Lukan’s Farm Resort This family farm-turned-resort in Hawley has remained an escape for nearly a century. The swimming pool encourages cannonballs, wrinkled fingertips, and poolside lounging. Pet the goats at the animal farm, catch trout at the fishing ponds, and hike from field to forest on one of many trails.
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