Pocono Mountains
The Poconos is a mountain area in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is 2,400 square miles of wooded mountains and valleys full of beautiful lakes, rivers, forests and wildlife.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg.
Stroudsburg
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Stroudsburg is a borough in and the county seat of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies within the Poconos region approximately five miles from the Delaware Water Gap at the confluence of Brodhead Creek, McMichaels, and Pocono Creeks in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
East Stroudsburg
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East Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, and part of the Pocono Mountains region of the state. Originally known as Dansbury, East Stroudsburg was renamed for geographic reasons when the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad opened a station in East Stroudsburg.
Hawley
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Hawley is a borough on the Lackawaxen River in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough's population was 1,229 at the time of the 2020 United States Census.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Sterling and Bushkill Falls.
Sterling
Sterling is a town in Wayne County, Pennsylvania in the Poconos and Endless Mountains. There is also a "Sterling" in Clearfield County Pennsylvania.Bushkill Falls
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Bushkill Falls is in Pennsylvania. Bushkill Falls is also known as The "Niagara of Pennsylvania". It is a unique series of eight waterfalls, in the Pocono Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Tannersville
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Tannersville is a city in Pennsylvania. It is only notable for CamelBack Mountain, the affiliated water park and hotels, and a Great Wolf Lodge…
Shawnee on Delaware
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Shawnee on Delaware is an unincorporated community in the Poconos and Endless Mountains region of Pennsylvania.
Pocono Mountains
- Type: Mountain
- Description: geographical, geological, and cultural region located in northeastern Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Poconos”, “Pokono Mountain”, and “The Poconos”
- Category: mountain range
- Location: Carbon County, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Pocono Mountains” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Pocono-berge”
- Basque: “Pocono mendiak”
- Catalan: “Les Poconos”
- Catalan: “Muntanyes Pocono”
- Catalan: “Poconos”
- Cebuano: “Pocono Mountains”
- Chinese: “波可诺山”
- Chinese: “波科诺山”
- Dutch: “Pocono gebergte”
- Dutch: “Pocono Mountains”
- Dutch: “Pocono-bergen”
- Dutch: “Pocono-gebergte”
- Dutch: “Poconos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال بوكونو”
- Estonian: “Pocono”
- Finnish: “Poconon vuoret”
- French: “les Poconos”
- French: “monts Pocono”
- French: “Monts Pocono”
- French: “Poconos”
- German: “Pocono Berge”
- German: “Pocono Mountains”
- German: “Pocono-Berge”
- German: “Poconos and Endless Mountains”
- German: “Poconos”
- Hebrew: “אזור הרי הפוקונוס והרי אנדלס”
- Hebrew: “הרי הפוקונוס”
- Irish: “Sléibhte Pocono”
- Italian: “Monti Pocono”
- Italian: “Pocono Mountains”
- Italian: “Pocono”
- Italian: “Poconos”
- Japanese: “ポコノ山地”
- Japanese: “ポコノ山脈”
- Ladin: “Pocono Mountains”
- Polish: “Pocono”
- Portuguese: “Montanhas Pocono”
- Portuguese: “Pocono”
- Portuguese: “Poconos”
- Romanian: “Munții Pocono”
- Russian: “горы Поконо”
- Russian: “Поконос”
- Slovenian: “gorovje Pocono”
- Slovenian: “Pocono Mountains”
- Slovenian: “Poconos”
- Spanish: “los Poconos”
- Spanish: “Montañas Pocono”
- Spanish: “Poconos”
- Swedish: “Pocono Mountains”
- Swedish: “Pocono-bergen”
- Swedish: “Poconobergen”
- Turkish: “Pocono Dağları”
- Turkish: “Poconos”
- Turkish: “The Poconos”
- Ukrainian: “гори Поконо”
- Ukrainian: “Поконос”
- Venetian: “Monti Pocono”
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