REGIONS Pocono Mountains 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 POCONOMOUNTAINS.COM Asa Packer Mansion Museum Jim Thorpe 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. 92 visitPA.com
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