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Winter in Pike County
Even the bitter cold weather doesn’t keep people indoors for long. As the temperature drops, the blustery winds and falling snow are prime conditions for those who enjoy the outdoors in the winter.
Pike County has two major ski resorts that provide quality slopes for skiing on the region’s challenging mountains and snow tubing on the fluffy white snow. The area’s many scenic trails also give winter enthusiasts the opportunity for snow shoeing, cross country skiing and snowmobiling.
As the ponds and lakes freeze over they provide a solid glass- like quality for ice skating and ice fishing, which are also favorite past times. |
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Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing (6)
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Joseph McDade
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Bushkill, PA
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Joseph M. McDade Recreational Trail is a planned recreational trail which extends for 37 miles along the river
valley on the Pennsylvania side. Two segments are open for hiking, biking, and crosscountry skiing. 1. A segment of 5 miles runs parallel to River Road northward from Hialeah...
Location:
Delaware River Region
Activities: Biking
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Panther Swamp Trail
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Greentown, PA
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This 2.5 mile loop trail can be accessed from any one of the Bruce Lake parking areas off Route 390, at Intersections 55, 54, or 52. From 55, it runs east along Egypt Meadow Trail, loops clockwise to the right at 56, intersects with Bruce Lake Trail at 57, continues right to 52 and then right again...
Location:
Lake Wallenpaupack Region
Activities: Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing
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Ledgedale Natural Area Trails
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Hawley, PA
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This 80-acre woodland tract is located at the southern end of the lake; its parking lot can be accessed from Ledgedale Rd.
off Rt. 507 near I-84, or from Everly Rd. to Ledgedale off Rt. 590 in the other direction.
There are 4 intersecting trails(Lenape, Big Tree, Pond, and Moosewood),...
Location:
Lake Wallenpaupack Region
Activities: Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing
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Kleinhans Trail
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Greentown, PA
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Another 2+ mile loop trail, it can be accessed from the main Bruce Lake Access parking lot (Intersection 49) on the west side of Route 390. Entering on the right, take the trail northwest about 1 mile to 48 near Old Greentown Road, then left down across Cross Cut Trail (47) to Intersection 51 near...
Location:
Lake Wallenpaupack Region
Activities: Biking
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Bruce Lake Trail
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Greentown, PA
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From the parking lot at Intersection 52 on Route 390 near the Village of Promised Land, this trail runs nearly 5 miles to and around Bruce Lake and then south all the way to the east bank of Promised Land Lake (81). To loop back to the parking lot rather than go all the way south, at Intersection 64...
Location:
Lake Wallenpaupack Region
Activities: Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing
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Bruce Lake
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Greentown, PA
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Bruce Lake is a natural, glacial lake formed when ice from the Wisconsin Glacier gouged out bedrock and a depression. Glacial till was deposited at the south end of the lake creating a natural dam. The lake is fed entirely by groundwater. The Bruce Lake Natural Area is designated for hiking,...
Location:
Lake Wallenpaupack Region
Activities: Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing
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