Trails.com - Your Guide to the Outdoors
Your guide to the outdoors.

We’re making the world a little greener. Check out how. For full access, Log In or begin your 14-Day Free Trial. Learn more…

Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania Guide Book

by Boyd & Linda Newman (Stackpole Books)
Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania

192pp/illus/maps
ISBN: 0811727734

An easy-to-use guidebook to more than 40 favorite hikes in NE Pennsylvania (north of Route 78, east of Route 15). Each hike begins with a table listing hike distance, elevation, directions to trailhead, interesting features along the way, handicapped accessibility, duration of hike, hiking surface description, permissibility of hunting, and facilities, followed by a short narrative that describes in more detail where to go and what to see on each hike. Each hike includes a topographic map with the selected route marked. The hikes vary from easy to moderate to challenging.

View all trails from this book!
Trails from the "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania" Guide Book
Displaying trails 1 to 20 of 42.
... Preview: The U.S. Corps of Engineers built Beltzville Lake in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The lake was officially opened for recreation in May 1972. Some of the trails have been relocated in the past few y ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Parryville, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.5 miles
... Preview: Begin this hike on the Pinchot Trail in the Lackawanna State Forest at the large trail sign. Frank Gantz, a retired truck driver, scouted the terrain and laid out the trail, which was constructed in 1 ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Stoddattsville, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5.1 miles
... Preview: Tremendous views await the hiker at Big Pocono State Park from the top of Camelback Mountain. From an elevation of 2,132 feet at the edge of the Pocono Plateau, you have a fine view of the plateau to ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Reeders, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5.6 miles
... Preview: Remember your hiking boots and insect repellent for this interesting hike in the Delaware State Forest. The trail is quite rocky through swamp and woodland and includes several small stream crossings. ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Blooming Grove, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.6 miles
... Preview: Brady’s Lake was built for the ice industry in the early 1890s. Ice harvesting continued and was profitable into the 1930s, until the use of electricity and refrigeration became widespread. The area w ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Pocono Lake, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.9 miles
... Preview: This hike includes two lakes — one glacial and the other manmade — and several swamps on a typical Pocono rocky trail in the Delaware State Forest. The trail is blue-blazed throughout. As we describe ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Blooming Grove, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 8 miles
... Preview: The Old Loggers Path follows the old timbering roads of the Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company and the abandoned narrow-gauge Susquehanna and Eagles Mere Railroad. It is a rugged 27.1-mile circuit tr ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Ellenton, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5.7 miles
... Preview: Every spring and fall, incoming flights of ducks and geese appear at regular intervals on the horizon, swoop in over Lake Chillisquaque dam, and touch down on the water. Constructed in the late 1960s, ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Washingtonville, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5.2 miles
... Preview: This hike in the Pinchot Trail System takes you along a very scenic stream, Choke Creek. At the parking lot, there is a large trail sign indicating the Choke Creek Trail as 5.5 miles long, which under ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Stoddattsville, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 6 miles
... Preview: The Delaware River is the only major undammed, free-flowing river east of the Mississippi. It courses 35 miles through approximately 70,000 acres of recreational land in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Stroudsburg, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.3 miles
... Preview: The difficulty in reaching Devil’s Hole Creek Falls in State Game Lands 221, especially in spring and for the last half mile, practically guarantees solitude when you finally get there. Be prepared to ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Paradise Valley, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 3 miles
... Preview: This hike is a delight to the waterfall lover. At Childs Recreation Site, part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, you hike through a deep hemlock gorge and circle three beautiful wate ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Dingmans Ferry, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5.2 miles
... Preview: At the turn of the century, Eagles Mere was a thriving resort with many stately homes and three elegant hotels. Located at the crossroads of the logging and tanning industries in Sullivan County, it w ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Laporte, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 4 miles
... Preview: The park is named for Frances Slocum, a young Quaker girl who was kidnapped by Indians. Frances was one of nine children of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Slocum. On November 2, 1778, while the men were at wor ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Orange, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 7.2 miles
... Preview: This short but very steep trail is for surefooted and strong-legged hikers with some experience. Although just over 2 miles in length, the trail is steep, rocky, and often eroded. It is unsafe after r ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Christmans, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.1 miles
... Preview: The town of Gouldsboro and this park were named for Jay Gould, described unflatteringly on commemorative road signs as a “noted speculator and railroad manipulator” with far-flung interests. For his f ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Clifton, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 5.7 miles
... Preview: This remote hike in State Game Lands 35 is located near Great Bend, a curving meander carved by the north branch of the Susquehanna River through sandstone and shale bedrock. We found considerable evi ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Great Bend, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 6 miles
... Preview: In September, October, and November, during fall color, over 17,000 hawks, eagles, and falcons ride the air currents over the Kittatinny Ridge at Hawk Mountain on their annual migrations. Some travel ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Drehersville, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 6.5 miles
... Preview: This long hike through Hickory Run State Park is a double loop and takes you to the two major attractions of this large park. First you visit Hawk Falls, a lovely waterfall in a hemlock and rhododendr ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Tannery, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 13.1 miles
... Preview: You should be in top condition and wear your hiking boots for this rugged hike in State Game Lands 57, the second-largest in Pennsylvania. The trail takes you up one side of Sorber Mountain, down the ... From the guidebook "Great Hikes in the Poconos and Northeast Pennsylvania"
Noxen, PA - Hiking - Trail Length: 8.2 miles

Search Trails.com




miles
Advanced Search

Related Regions