 |
|
|
|
|
|
Add your own trip Report!
One of the most popular features on Wildernet, trip reports allow you to share your experiences with others.
This is an invaluable resource for determining what to expect on your outdoor adventure, so please participate!
|
Date: 2006-04-03 11:29:00.0
Difficulty:
Number of People Encountered: 25-50 ppl
Recommendation: Highly
Our family has been camping, swimming, fishing, and hiking here for 20 years. It's a beautiful park with nice scenery, a nice sandy beach for swimming though a bit cold as it is in the Pocono Mountains, and our favorite place for relaxing. The facilities are great and the staff are all friendly including the park rangers, the cleaning staff for the bath facilities, and the staff in the camp store. Just a great place to visit! We've met many people who, like us, come year after year to camp there. We know the rules about packing everything away at night due to black bears around, but I forgot once and that's all it took...left the koolaide thermos on the table which was under our brand new screen house; mama bear and cub had fun toppling the screen house and trying to figure out how to get into the koolaid jug, not to mention licking the cups I also left on the table that had koolaid in them in the evening! What an interesting night! We've seen a bear pick up a very large cooler with one paw and smack it on the ground to break it open so she could take out the mayo jar, unscrew the lid, and lick that thing clean! Don't ever doubt that you need to always put your food stuff away at night! Still, those bears don't really care about you, they're just checkin out to see who didn't listen to the rangers!
|
Date: 2005-12-11 12:43:00.0
Difficulty:
Number of People Encountered: 0-10 ppl
Recommendation: Neutral
Hiked these trails for years. OK considering how close it is, but tame in comparison to the big woods of North-Central PA. Not much old-growth, and can be very crowded during the weekend. Decent during the weekdays.
|
Date: 2004-10-08 19:08:00.0
Difficulty:
Number of People Encountered: 0-10 ppl
Recommendation: Highly
The trip to the park with my two kids (9th & 1st graders)was fun filled fishing, a boulder field visit, more fishing and and a quite drive through the wilderness. Hickory run lake was our favorite spot. So still and picture perfect, very few people and nice brook trout. Plenty to see and do in just our three hour visit (we saw only a small portion of the park). Doing it again in October for the foliage and peace. Would like to see a couple more small signs on the road to boulder field for the first time visitors. thx.
|
Date: 2004-10-01 06:52:00.0
Difficulty:
Number of People Encountered: 0-10 ppl
Recommendation: Highly
Hiked with my dog down the Fireline trail. Beautiful vistas and very peaceful trail (moderate difficulty, lots of up and down hills). Crossed over at the bottom to the Hickory Run Trail to loop around but a short ways in saw either a very very large bobcat or a mountain lion (it saw us too, so I didn't stick around to look too closely...scared the you-know-what out of me), so turned around and went back the way we came! Park ranger and game commission deputy say there are reports of mountain lions but nothing confirmed. Great place to hike but recommend you do not go alone.
|
Date: 2004-07-12 10:44:00.0
Difficulty:
Number of People Encountered: 25-50 ppl
Recommendation: Highly
Visited the park from 7/9-7/11, with Husband, brother-in-law and his wife and their dog. Hiked the Skyline Trail on 7/10, beautiful, we were the only people on the trail.
|
Date: 2004-07-09 13:39:00.0
Difficulty:
Number of People Encountered: 11-25 ppl
Recommendation: Highly
we have been camping here for years. kids have a ball. prefer modern sites over primative. the diner in white haven(can't think of the name)for breakfast.great food, great prices, CASH ONLY!!!
|
View more Trip Reports.
|
|
Pennsylvania State Parks and Forests - Pennsylvania is known for producing some of the most valuable hardwood timber in the world. The 2.1 million acres of state forest land are protected from fire, destructive insects and diseases while offering a beautiful recreation environment for the visitor. Pennsylvania's State Park system offers visitors year-round recreational enjoyment as well. Amenities include: camping, picnicking, hiking, an assortment of winter sports and the viewing of the natural biological diversity and ecosystems found within the Commonwealth.
Pocono Mountains / Endless Mountains Area - The Pocono Mountains abound in natural wonders. The Glens Natural Area has 22 named waterfalls in a scenic gorge with old growth timber. You can also try whitewater rafting on the Lehigh River.
|
|
