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), ...
This double trail can be accessed from the parking area at the western end of the Lower Lake (Intersection 22), about 2 miles from Route 390 along Lower Lake Road at the Park Office turn. From 22 the trail runs on both sides of the E. Branch Wallenpaupack Creek (.5 mile) as it exits from Lower ...
At the far end of Pine Flats Road where it intersects with Hay Road Middle Branch, take a right and follow around to the intersection with Highline Road (3/4 miles). Turn right and follow it north along the powerline to Hobday Road and out to Route 402, well above Pecks Pond. Note several spur ...
This short, quarter-mile trail is intended to increase your sensory awareness. A rope guides blindfolded users around a short loop trail. Blindfolds can be picked up at the main office. This trail is located along PEEC's campus road just past the entrance to the Tumbling Waters and Fossil Trails.
Going east on Rt. 6 from 434 and Well Road(roughly midway between there and the Shohola Falls Trails End entrance, 2 miles either way), is the turn-in to the paved parking area of State Game Land #180(encompassing the wetlands of the dammed Shohola Lake)…From the left end of the ...
This 1.25 mile trail is blazed blue and begins with the Tumbling Waters Trail, 20 yards up the campus road across from the two group lodges. The trail takes you past a vernal pool important for breeding amphibians, and eventually descends into a beautiful mature hardwood ravine. After ...
The Red Loop Trail around Blue Heron Swamp.
On the other side of Shohola Creek on Rt. 6 is a right turn for Shohola Falls Inn(sign). A short ways in is a fork, right to two large parking areas and a falls overlook, and left to cabins.As you approach the hunting cabins and cottages(a private business), there is a closed woodland road ...
The intersecting White Deer Trail which crosses 402 over to White Deer Lake. At the end of White Deer Lake Road is another small parking area(off 402) which accesses DeGroat Road over to West Brook Trail. It can be followed along Spring Brook Creek back out to Rt. 6 and parking(about 2 miles).
About a mile down the road from Yellow Pine is the first of two accesses to Lost Camp Trail. It runs 2 miles over to its eastern access on Cummins Hill Road. General location is within the Upper Delaware Region.
Just outside Milford off Route 6 on Old Owego Turnpike, Grey Towers National Historic Site (home of the US Forest Service and ancestral home of Gifford Pinchot, First Forester of the Nation and two time Governor of Pennsylvania) sits on high land cut by Sawkill Creek. Grey Towers, beside ...
South of Milford, and connecting to the Knob and Raymondskill Falls, is popular, well-worn trail above the escarpment cliffs over the Delaware. The views are stunning, of farmland,the river, Minisink Island (spiritual center of the Lenape Nation), New Jersey's Kittatinny Mountains (the needle ...
About a mile eastbound on Rt. 6 from the intersection with 507 at the Tafton Dike is a left-hand entrance into the Decker Pond area of State Gameland #183(look for rifle range sign). A short ride on a light duty road, brings you to a small parking area. From here the trail heads up ...
Off of the Pecks Pond parking area, Maple Run Road (gated) runs into the forest to Hawley Camp Road, looping in several directions including the Tarkill (#34). This is also a designated snowmobile trail in season. The full circuit is 5 – 6 miles.
A short way further on Cummins Hill Road from Lost Camp on the left is the Stairway Lake Trail parking lot. Follow the trail leading into the woods to Slateston Road (may be unmarked) and bear left to Stairway, a deep-woods dammed lake. Note the vista nearby.
Not far off Rt. 6 on 590 at the northwestern end of the Lake, is this natural area’s parking and information center. Access to the main, or Blue Trail, is right here and parallels the shoreline most of the way. About 3 miles, it takes about 1 ½ hours, and it is recommended to ...
Off Route 209 (just south of the light at 739/209 at Johnny Bee Road), this trail runs 3 miles up Dingmans Creek, past the impressive Dingmans Falls (trailhead and information center). Nearby is Dingmans Campground, a short way down Route 209 from Johnny Bee Road, and Dingmans Launch at Route ...
This 1.5 mile trail is by far the most leisurely and flattest trail at PEEC and takes hikers through towering pine plantations and allows a view of two scenic pond environments. Follow the white blazes and the numbers that correspond to the interpretive guide you can pick up at PEEC's main ...
Stop along Route 209 between Bushkill and Dingmans Ferry for a nice picnic. Have a nice hike along Tom's Creek or the trails.
Farther down Rt. 6(about 2 miles from the gamelands entrance) is a right turn onto Spring Brook Road. Follow it 1 ½ miles to two right- hand parking areas which access the back side of the gamelands and Rymans Road Trail leading out to the propagation area. This is something of a ...
This nearly 3 mile trail runs between Bear Wallow Road (Intersection 41) in the center of the Park on the Lower Lake side of Route 390 northwest to Bear Wallow Access parking (37) off Old Greentown Road. Along the way it intersects with Tree Tower (40), Lower Lake (39), Cross Cut (38 & 98) ...
One of the four trails within the Ledgedale Natural Area.
From a trailhead roughly 2 ½ miles south of the Dingmans light on Route 209, this trail runs 1 ½ miles straight into the hills up Hornbecks Creek to the Upper Hornbecks trailhead. A connector trail about ¾ mile up the Hornbecks proceeds south to the PEEC (Pocono ...
Approximately 1.5 miles along the Lake Wallenpaupack shore, this trail begins at the junction of Rt 507 and Rt 6 and ends at the PPL Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center.
Back up Rt. 6 from the gamelands entrances(about 2 miles) is a left turn onto Well Road(near 434 turn). This major county artery goes over the western flank of the gamelands. Along it are 5 trails with parking: Walker Trail and Chucks Trail…Off 6 a short way on Well Road is a ...
Pinchot Trail links Milford Beach (DEWA) on the Delaware (the northern terminus of the 32-mile long McDade Recreational Trail from Hialeah Beach and slated for completion in 2007) with Grey Towers via the Borough. Then, on the other side of GT (as explained in #6), it follows Schocopee Road to ...
The scenic beauty of Lake Wallenpaupack and the groves of trees along its shores is being enjoyed by walkers.The generally level path is 1.8 miles long and extends the walk along the Wallenpaupack Dike, along the lake behind the Wallenpaupack Visitors Center. It goes past the township beach ...
From Foundation Trail, continue on the pond road past the gate. You’re now on Craft Farm Road. It parallels Craft Brook, which feeds Lily Pond, out to the homestead area (about 1 mile) where Dr. Craft brought his family from NYC in 1865. The state forestry bureau has razed the house for ...
A continuation of the Wallenpaupack Lake Trail, the Creek Trail is approximately .6 miles long and takes you over the flow line and down to a wetland viewing area at the end of the trail.
A mile-and-a-half further down Route 209 from Eshback is Toms Creek’s trailhead. Turn at the sign onto Egypt Mills Road and follow it a short distance to the Toms Creek Picnic Area. From the picnic area, an old road runs alongside the creek. It is a short hike which soon starts ...
Off Hobday Road near Route 402 is the gated road to High Knob Fire Tower, said to be the highest point in Pike County. There is a great view here and an even better one if the ranger on duty should invite you up into the tower. Parking is limited.
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 ...
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 ...
Egypt Meadow Lake was created by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935. Earlier the area was covered with hollow, soft, meadow grass that was harvested and used as packing material for the famous Dorflinger's Glass Works in White Mills, Pa. The glass works began in 1865 and was the ...
This 4 mile trail traces the eastern boundary of the Park. It can be accessed from Tree Tower Trail (42) across Route 390 from the main parking lot. “Boundary” ends at Pickerel Point Road, which westbound 1/3 of a mile toward Route 390 brings one to Rhododendron Trail at ...
From the end of the parking lot, head out through the pines to a meadow and a rocky area above where the Craft Brook makes a turn to meet the Sawkill. Off to the left, you will see an old woods road which follows the brook then loops around to Schocopee Road. You are now in the Milford ...
At the western end of the Dingmans Ferry Area on Silver Lake Road (about 10 miles from the intersection with Route 739) is the Edgemere Forest Headquarters. Just beyond it is a parking area for this road trail which runs (yes, it is about 5 miles) back up to Route 739 in the Lords Valley area, ...
Access this trail from the Stairway Lake Trail (#13). At Slateston Road, turn right to Track Cut Trail. The entrance is on the left. It works its way toward the Delaware and the “track cut” along the river, about 2 miles.
Adams Creek ravine was the favorite hunting spot of Marie Zimmermann and her ashes are scattered there. Look for the link from this trail to Conashaugh View Trail above her property. There is a small parking area off Route 209 near the Adams Creek Bridge, with a short trail to the river. The ...
This 4.5-mile trail is blazed in yellow and begins at the forest edge behind Cabin #1, off of the north end of the main building parking lot, along with the Scenic Gorge Trail. The trail wanders through expansive oak-hickory forests, shady hemlock ravines and around numerous vernal wetlands and ...
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 ...
Dingmans Falls is the second highest falls in the state, with a plunge of 130 feet. In heavy spring runoff, there is no way to get to the end of the boardwalk without getting drenched by spray. The boardwalk trail passes by a thin horsetail cascade called Silverthread Falls. Whereas Dingmans ...
Raymondskill Falls is the tallest waterfall in the state, and only 4 feet shorter than Niagara, Raymondskill Falls has always been a tourist attraction. The 100-footlong rectangular mound surrounded with weeds near the turn off from US 209 is all that remains of the former Hotel Schanno. To get ...
In the northern reaches of Pike County in Lackawaxen Township, there are two terrific trails in State Game Land #316. Both are accessed off the Honesdale-Mast Hope Plank Road, taking Welcome Lake Road off Rt. 590 past Woodloch Pines Resort and the Forest Lake Club to a right ...
Beyond the entrance to Buckhorn, Firetower Road continues and descends to a circular clearing that can be used for parking. You are now in the State gamelands. As you enter the clearing, there is a hiking trail off to your right and a hiking road off to the left. The first is about 2 miles to ...
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 ...
This 3-mile orange blazed trail begins along with the Fossil trail, across from PEEC's two group lodges, 30 yards up the campus road from PEEC's dining hall. At the end of the first mile, hikers are rewarded with a beautiful overlook at Hermits Hill of the Delaware Valley and Kittatiny Mountains ...
Down the road from Huckleberry Trail at the end of Lily Pond, an old woods road leads off to the left. This is a very satisfying hike along the long-out-of-use, rutted road for a good ¾ mile through beautiful upland woods to another tributary of the Savantine. The road continues on the ...
A mile or so farther down Silver Lake Road from Edgemere is a left turn onto Flat Ridge Road which leads to the Stillwater Natural Area (part of the Thunder Swamp Trail System in the Bushkill Area (#30)) and the trails around Coon Swamp and Big Bear Swamp. Parking is about 2 miles from the ...
One of the four trails within the Ledgedale Natural Area
High above the intersection of Milford’s main streets (Broad & Harford) is a visible overlook, known locally as The Knob, and part of the plateau escarpment formed by the Delaware River. To hike it, go down East Harford two blocks to Mott Street, then a short way to the Mott Street ...
Across Route 402 from the High Knob entrance road is The Tarkill Forest Demonstration Area. There is a gated access a short way up Route 402 and 2 miles down Route 402 in the Maple Run Parking Area. Along this marked trail you will see identified trees, examples of forest management practices ...
From the parking lot on the other side of Lily Pond Dam, look for a barely visible path into the woods on the left as the road turns. It’s a short ¼ mile over a low ridge to where Savantine Creek flows from a small swamp.
This 2-mile trail is blazed in red and begins with the Ridgeline trail behind Cabin #1, off the north side of the main building parking lot. The trail is moderately difficult with a few steep sections, and well worth the effort as the trail brings you into a deep, majestic hemlock forest ...
From the main parking entrance, a short way up Rt. 6, is the entry road to the interior of the gamelands(known as Farms Road, but not marked). It runs 3 miles up the west side of Shohola Lake, accessing two boat launches and numerous trails: Willis Hill…This is the first trail you ...
A short way above the back entrance to Cliff Park Inn on the same side of Milford Road is the sign for Hackers Falls Trail. A perpendicular road takes you to a small parking lot. Follow the trail up through the woods to an old road; continue on to a clearing where the trail drops down on the ...
The "Niagara of Pennsylvania", Bushkill Falls is among the Keystone State's most famous scenic attractions. This unique series of eight waterfalls, nestled deep in the wooded Pocono Mountains, is accessible through an excellent network of hiking trails and bridges which afford ...
This equestrian trail is also great hiking. It winds up and down the steep hills on both sides of Conashaugh and Dry Creeks, the next water courses feeding the Delaware south of the Raymondskill. While just off Route 209 at several points, this trail is best accessed from the parking area on ...
Blue Loop Trail around Gates Meadow
The second trail is accessed from the other side of Honesdale-Mast Hope and about a half-mile down from the woodland road turn(no parking). It rises 300 feet to the highest point in the area(Point Peter), work- ing along the hill to the top, about a mile. The trail proceeds, but reaches ...
Across Route 402 from the intersection with Bushkill Falls Road (Burnt Mills Parking Area) are the Pineflat Trails, part of a network of snowmobile trails in winter. Leading straight into the forest is Pineflat Fireline Trail, and going north along Route 402 is Pineflat Trail. Both intersect ...
A small parking area off Firetower Road can be reached by following the signs for Black Walnut Inn where Schocopee turns for the County Park. Where this road turns to gravel (it can be rough and rutted), you’ll see in about a mile a sign for Yellow Pine trail on the left. This ...
Blue Trail starts as an old road which at one time was the main route for transportation to what was earlier known as Wilsonville Village. The trail parallels most of the shoreline. The hiker will also notice a variety of trees and wild flowers throughout the wooded area. Chestnut, oak, white ...
On the way out to the Craft Farm, you cross a pipeline. Coming back, take it down over Craft Brook and up to the next high ridge to Range Trail. The track along the pipeline is rough, so be conscious of your footing. Also, you may have to leap from stone to stone to cross the Craft. When you ...
It is about 4 miles up the mountain on Cummins Hill Road off Routes 6 & 209 between Milford and Matamoras to the parking. The trail runs 2 miles over to Firetower Road (#10, 11). General location is within the Upper Delaware Region.
