POINTS
OF INTEREST
The
Pocono Mountains of northeast Pennsylvania are a lively place to be, with
attractions, displays, amusements, and demonstrations planned just for you!
AMERICAN CANDLE on Route 611 in Bartonsville offers something for everyone! Candles are
made daily and are created in a full line of scents, colors, shapes, and containers.
Catch an illuminating candle-making demonstration! Featuring name brands including
Pandora, Vera Bradley, and Switch Flops, in addition to Norman
Rockwell, Dept. 56, Lenox, and Precious Moments. After shopping and browsing through the myriad candles,
gifts, food items, and collectibles, drop by the old-fashioned candy store,
or refresh with an ice cream sundae or gourmet coffee. Phone (570) 629-3388.
www.american-candle.com.
THE BARLEY CREEK
BREWING COMPANY at Sullivan Trail and Camelback Road in Tannersville features
an award-winning timber frame atmosphere housing the Poconos' original brewpub.
Enjoy soups and salads, pub fare, steaks, seafood, plus a children’s menu,
treasure box, and game room. There’s a deck for brews with a view, a pavilion,
and a waffle ball stadium. The unique restaurant and nightspot offers traditional
favorites and genuine pub fare, handcrafted ales and lagers brewed on-site
in an English brew house, live music and special events, and free tours of
the brewery and beer tasting daily; see you at The Creek! Phone (570) 629-9399.
www.barleycreek.com.
BUSHKILL FALLS off Route 209
in Bushkill, since 1904, is a beautiful natural park of 300 acres surrounding
8 gorgeous waterfalls. Paths, stairs, and bridges are sturdy and well-maintained;
go for a leisurely stroll, or challenge the 2-mile Red Trail! Exhibits and
activities include a Leni Lenape Native American longhouse, wildlife exhibits,
miniature golf, gift and souvenir shops, food and candy, an open-air pavilion,
playground, paddleboats, fishing, special events, and a free picnic/grill
area. Catch a special event with live music or a historical demonstration;
parking is free and overnight accommodations are nearby. It’s a great day
trip! Phone (570) 588-6682. www.visitbushkillfalls.com.
CLAWS 'N' PAWS
WILD ANIMAL PARK on Route 590 east of Hamlin, near Lake Wallenpaupack,
features strange and wonderful creatures exhibited in natural settings and
enclosures along tree-lined paths. Observe many species of live exotic animals
from all over the world, including monkeys, alligators, bears, lions, leopards,
birds, snakes, and a rare white tiger. Critters like kinkajou, coati, binturong,
and muntjac will amaze you; animal shows are performed daily. Attractions
include a large walk-in petting zoo, a host of delightful farm animals, and
a Dinosaur Outpost and Dino Dig. Have fun in Turtle Town, and feed parrots
and giraffes too! Phone (570) 698-6154. www.clawsnpaws.com.
COUNTRY KETTLE on Business
Route 209, Marshalls Creek offers a tempting variety of mouth-watering delights,
as well as demonstrations. This factory gift outlet and large shopping destination
overflows with knick-knacks, wind chimes, collectibles, and gadgets. You’ll
find coffees, teas, specialty foods, and chocolates. Taste jams, jellies,
gourmet mustards and cheeses, candies, cheese spreads, fudge, apple butter,
plus barrels of old-fashioned candies at old-fashioned prices. Country gifts,
wicker, and collectibles complete the experience. Great selection, great prices,
and a great location, with lodging and other attractions nearby. Phone (570)
421-8970. www.country-kettle.com.
ECKLEY MINER'S
VILLAGE on Route 940 east of Hazleton was once a thriving coal mining patch town
with a population of over a thousand! Founded in 1854, it was an anthracite-mining
community owned by a series of coal companies. Eckley was abandoned with the
advent of strip mining; the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
has restored this ghost town to its former condition. Kitchens, bedrooms,
personal items, clothing, laundry rooms, social clubs, churches, doctor’s
office, and the company store all appear now as they were then. Tours and
special events are offered, in addition to a museum. Phone (570) 636-2070.
www.eckleyminers.org.
EDGE OF THE WOODS
OUTFITTERS at 110 Main Street in Delaware
Water Gap specializes in bike rentals and guided hiking trips in the beautiful
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, as well as a super selection
of hiking apparel, footwear, area maps, and books. Your connection to the
great outdoors begins at this outfitting outpost, with something for everyone,
from novices to experts. Outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels
are welcome. Their experience, expertise, and merchandise are invaluable to
your great explorations and expectations! Phone (570) 421-6681. www.edgeofthewoodsoutfitters.com, www.bikedwg.com.
GW AVIATION at the Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport (MPO) of Route 611 in Mount Pocono
offers scenic air tours over the mountains nearly every day, customized flights,
and air transportation to the destination of your choice. See local lakes
and rivers, ski areas, properties, and more from the passenger seat of a prop-driven
airplane, with a licensed, experienced pilot. Views are unrivaled by any scenic
overlook, and the thrill of the flight creates memories to last a lifetime!
Aerial photography is available, and a flight school is offered seasonally.
Phone (570) 839-8815. www.flythepoconos.com.
HOLLEY ROSS POTTERY on Route 191 at LaAnna features free guided tours of the pottery factory,
and free demonstrations of pottery and china making. Many lines of pottery,
glassware, gifts, sculpture, and more are available to admire and purchase.
Shop for Fiesta dinnerware, stoneware, dolls, planters, décor, candles, bean
pots, suncatchers, Weeping Gold pottery, and Polish pottery. Find a whimsical
figurine or birdbath for your outdoor garden! Check out the cabled bridge,
lovely forest with well-maintained sawdust trails, and woodland lake with
picnic area. Phone (570) 676-3248. www.holleyross.com.
HUTTON METALCRAFTS on Route 940 in Pocono Pines is your source for handcrafted
copper and brass indoor and outdoor lamps, pewter ornaments, fine pewter ware,
copper and brass fountains, fine art painting on glass by Xian, and much more.
Remembrances and objects for your home and property are manufactured on-premises.
Choose from one-of-a-kind copper trees created by Tom Hutton, hand-hammered
from a slab of solid copper, silver brazed, and heat-colored to produce rich
greens on the tops and reddish highlights on the trunks. Phone (570) 646-7778.
www.copperlamps.com.
POCONO CHEESECAKE FACTORY on Route 611
in Swiftwater is a truly sweet and fragrant factory, where you can see multitudes
of fresh, genuine cheesecakes being made on the premises every day; it’s the
real, delicious, deal. Purchase a slice, a half, or a whole cake, with so
many varieties of flavors and toppings to choose from in addition to traditional
favorites. Specials orders are welcome, and special seasonal and holiday-themed
cheesecake creations are featured as well. This is the best cheesecake you’ve
ever had; it’s love at first bite! Phone (570) 839-6844. www.poconocheesecake.com.
POCONO SNAKE & ANIMAL FARM on Route 209
in Marshalls Creek is more fun than a zoo, where you can feed deer, goats,
and pot-bellied pigs, as well as entertaining monkeys and awesome alligators.
Pet many animals too, plus view the great reptile collection, and shop for
souvenirs and gifts. Fennec foxes, sloths, lemurs, bobcats, servals, bats,
chinchillas, leopards, porcupine, tamarin, bear, wolves, and a mountain lion
are here. See a 14-foot cobra, a 100-year-old turtle, mamba, crocs, vipers,
and rattlers. Don’t forget to bring your camera! Phone (570) 223-8653. www.poconosnakeandanimalfarm.com.
QUIET VALLEY LIVING HISTORICAL FARM off Business
Route 209 south of Stroudsburg offers public tours of the authentic, working,
19th-century farmstead. Costumed guides recreate life as it was
then, with spinning, weaving, outdoor brick bake oven, animal tending, gardening,
folk art, meat smoking, tin smithing, woodworking, and other crafts and handiwork.
Special events with storytelling, games, music, and socials are presented.
Bring home a unique souvenir from the gift shop. Children enjoy hay-jumping
in the barn! A private, non-profit educational organization. Phone (570) 992-6161. www.quietvalley.org.
ROSS & ROSS NURSERY on Route 191
in Paradise Valley is a one-stop shop for all things green and growing since
1932, as well as attractive, sturdy walkways and patios, which they also professionally
install. You’ll find beautiful, functional landscape design, healthy exotic
plants, delightful garden gifts, and pond supplies and water plants. Ross
Herbs and Antiques onsite features an intriguing selection of nice, old
country things for your home and yard, as well as fresh, fragrant, tasty,
beautiful herbs for your planting, cooking, and dining pleasure! Quality and
service are their specialties. Open daily. Phone (570) 595-9760.
STEAMTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE at 150 South Washington Avenue in
nearby Scranton is the only National Park site devoted to steam railroading.
Enjoy locomotive and railroad equipment displays, as well as an impressive,
fascinating museum. Regular and special train excursions are offered throughout
the year, departing from the boarding platform and rolling past historic buildings,
through tunnels, along mountain streams, and amidst beautiful woodlands. Take
exit 185 off I-81 (Central Scranton Expressway) and follow signs to the entrance
at Lackawanna and Cliff avenues. Phone 1-800-22-WELCOME x5. www.visitnepa.org.
TOBYHANNA TRAIN STATION & MUSEUM on Route 423
in Tobyhanna is hosted by the Pocono Rail Historical Society, and open to
the public seasonally and for special events. All ages will love to tour the
restored facility with the Station Master (a delightful and knowledgeable
fellow!), and learn how it really used to be when the station was a bustling
business. Enjoy railroading videos, fascinating running model train layouts,
memorabilia, railroad art exhibits, and railroad and train-related souvenirs.
No admission fee is charged, and parking is free, although donations are graciously
accepted. Phone (570) 894-3338.
