Lake Jean

Lake Jean is a lake in Luzerne, Pennsylvania. Lake Jean is situated nearby to the area Glen Leigh, as well as near Ricketts Glen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Rose and Ganoga Lake.

Lake Rose

Reservoir

Lake Rose is a dry lake in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It has a surface area of approximately 25 acres, and is situated in Fairmount Township.

Ganoga Lake is a natural lake in Colley Township in southeastern Sullivan County in Pennsylvania, United States. Known as Robinson's Lake and Long Pond for most of the 19th century, the lake was purchased by the Ricketts family in the early 1850s and became part of R. Ganoga Lake is situated 1½ miles northwest of Lake Jean.

Ricketts Glen State Park

Nature reserve

Photo: Msitler, Public domain.

Ricketts Glen State Park is a 13,193-acre state park situated primarily within Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, with its remaining territory extending into neighboring Columbia and Sullivan counties. Ricketts Glen State Park is situated 2½ miles east of Lake Jean.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ricketts and Mossville.

Ricketts

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Ricketts is a ghost town that was established as a lumber mill company town in Sullivan and Wyoming counties, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Ricketts was built in 1890 along Mehoopany Creek in both Colley Township in Sullivan County and Forkston Township in Wyoming County for sawmills of the Trexler and Turrell Lumber Company. Ricketts is situated 3½ miles north of Lake Jean.

Mossville

Hamlet

Mossville is an unincorporated community in Fairmount Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Mossville is situated 5 miles south of Lake Jean.

Lake Jean

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Luzerne, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.34202° or 41° 20′ 31″ north

Longitude

-76.29236° or 76° 17′ 33″ west

Elevation

2,218 feet (676 metres)

Open location code

87H58PR5+R3

GeoNames ID

5195281

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Localities in the Area

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