place

Pocono Mountains

Allegheny PlateauCommons category link is defined as the pagenameLandforms of Carbon County, PennsylvaniaLandforms of Lackawanna County, PennsylvaniaLandforms of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Landforms of Monroe County, PennsylvaniaLandforms of Pike County, PennsylvaniaLandforms of Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaLandforms of Susquehanna County, PennsylvaniaLandforms of Wayne County, PennsylvaniaMountain ranges of PennsylvaniaNortheastern PennsylvaniaPocono MountainsSubranges of the Appalachian Mountains
2013 08 20 12 34 14 View west from the rocky overlook at the end of the Mount Tammany Trail
2013 08 20 12 34 14 View west from the rocky overlook at the end of the Mount Tammany Trail

The Pocono Mountains, commonly referred to as the Poconos (), are a geographical, geological, and cultural region in Northeastern Pennsylvania. They overlook the Delaware River and Delaware Water Gap to the east, Lake Wallenpaupack to the north, Wyoming Valley and the Coal Region to the west, and the Lehigh Valley to the south. The name Pocono is derived from the Munsee word Pokawachne, which means "Creek Between Two Hills". Much of the Poconos region lies within the Greater New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA Combined Statistical Area. The wooded hills and valleys have long been a popular recreation area, accessible within a two-hour drive to millions of metropolitan area residents, with many Pocono communities having resort hotels with fishing, hunting, skiing, and other sports facilities. Although referred to usually as a mountain range, the area is actually a dissected plateau, a sub-section of the larger Allegheny Plateau, forming a 2,400-square-mile (6,200 km2) escarpment. The topological mountains are also a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Pocono Mountains (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Pocono Mountains
Church Street, Coolbaugh Township

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Pocono MountainsContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 41.229 ° E -75.3734 °
placeShow on map

Address

Church Street

Church Street
18460 Coolbaugh Township
Pennsylvania, United States
mapOpen on Google Maps

2013 08 20 12 34 14 View west from the rocky overlook at the end of the Mount Tammany Trail
2013 08 20 12 34 14 View west from the rocky overlook at the end of the Mount Tammany Trail
Share experience

Nearby Places