Top Things to do in Pocono Mountains Region
Top Hotels in Pocono Mountains Region
- 1. Best Western Plus Wilkes Barre-Scranton Airport Hotel
- 2. Mount Airy Casino Resort Spa
- 3. Pocono Palace Resort
- 4. Hampton Inn & Suites Stroudsburg Pocono Mountains
- 5. The Woodlands Inn, Ascend Hotel Collection
- 6. Hampton Inn Lehighton-Jim Thorpe
- 7. Holiday Inn Express & Suites Drums-Hazleton (I-80), an IHG Hotel
- 8. Cove Haven Resort
- 9. Camelback Lodge and Indoor Waterpark
- 10. Paradise Stream Resort
7 Other Outdoor Activities in Pocono Mountains Region That You Shouldn't Miss
A green canvas of wooded hills and valleys, this region is a recreation haven in the summer for fishing, hunting, mountain hiking, horseback riding and whitewater rafting as well as a popular winter sports destination. When you add in casino gaming, a major racetrack and phenomenal golf courses, the Pocono Mountains region appeals to, well, just about everybody.
For the outdoors enthusiast, the Pocono Mountains have everything you need and desire. There are seven state parks in the region as well as one national park, the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Automobile racing fans love to visit the Pocono Raceway, which hosts several major races every year. Skiers and snowboarders gravitate to major resort areas like Camelback Ski Area, Jack Frost Mountain and Big Boulder and the Shawnee Mountain Ski area. For golfers, the Pocono Mountains features courses designed by legendary icons like Donald Ross and A.W. Tillinghast and modern designers such as Jack Nicklaus and Robert Trent Jones. There are 35 courses in the region highlighted by two of the highest rated, Jack Frost National and Woodloch Springs.
Restaurants in Pocono Mountains Region
1. Race Street Run 4 Mile & 15K
2. Skytop Lodge's Adventures
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 176 reviews
Reviewed By 507reinag - New City, United States
A fun challenge, definitely doable. Nothing to shy away from. Our awesome guide, Zach made sure that everyone was safe and having fun. He’s excellent with his instructions. You can’t mess it up. This zip line obstacle course made for a great birthday present for my husband, this was something we enjoyed together, and now planning to come back with our four oldest children. The younger two will eventually experience it, when they get older. Yup enjoyed it that much, it might become one of our family favorite things to do. And husband loved it so much, he couldn’t stop thanking me for the great birthday weekend! Even woke me up early on Monday morning to thank me again...ugh.
3. Adventure Sports
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 61 reviews
Reviewed By damions252 - New York City, United States
We've been using Adventure Sports for about 20 years now as our canoe-trip outfitter on the Delaware. They're always cool, accommodating and make the trip as easy as possible. The equipment is in great shape and the price is reasonable. I would definitely recommend them to anybody looking to take a float. Thank you.
4. Shawnee River Trips
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 13 reviews
Shawnee River Trips provide outdoor adventures which include: rentals of rafts, kayaks (tandem and single-person), canoes, fishing trips, and stand-up paddleboards. With the 70,000 acre Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and historic Delaware River just on the edge of Shawnee's property, Shawnee River Trips is the key to adventure.
5. Extreme Adventure Travel Outfitters
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By Whitneymarshel2159 - New York, United States
My brother booked a trip for some of the family (7 in total) for rafting a few weeks ago. He found this company through google. Extreme Adventure Travel is a smaller group than the other groups I've seen at the beginning spot, but that was okay. I actually liked that it was like that. We parked at a national park parking lot and locked our cars and gave the one employee our keys for safety. We got a van shuttle to the top point of the trip. The van was a little hot but at least it was a shuttle. We got to the beginning and was happily greeted by Tori when she opened our doors with a mask on (thank you about the mask). Which she said to be our guide. We waited for another family to get shuttled to the beginning for about 5 or so minutes. Then Tori gave a brief speech and told us how to be safe, paddle, get off rocks etc. Half of us were new to this so glad she went into detail and answered questions at the end. Then we went off. The river and scenery were splendid throughout the river. We stopped at lunch for 25 minutes to relax and eat. The other family forgot their lunch, but Tori had helped them with that which was so nice. She got them water bottles and chips. We got toward the end of the trip after hitting some rocks. Tori asked if our teens or anyone wanted to try the kayak. She got out and let my brother's teen into the kayak alone, but Tori reassured there was "baby" Rapids from that point on. We all made it to the end and got our keys from the key bucket. We definitely had fun interacting in our small group with only a few other families in a few separate rafts. Tori was great with interacting and good with directing us to the right spots. We will come again next year and hope Tori is still working !
6. Pocono Action Sports
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 16 reviews
Reviewed By Debjay3398
We rented a pontoon boat for the day. Boat was beautiful and clean. The staff was friendly and informative.
7. Archery Adventures, Inc.
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1 reviews
