All Roadtrips

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I enjoy exploring the 250,000 acres of public open space in the Pocono Mountains by hiking, bicycling, kayaking, running, and leading nature walks for groups.

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Destinations in this Roadtrip:

• Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
  Featuring 70,000 acres of forested hiking trails and 40 miles of the Delaware River.
• Lehigh Gorge State Park
  Spectacular scenery and roaring rapids await you in the Lehigh Gorge. Remember to bring your camera for this trail. You'll click the shutter more than a few times as you follow the Lehigh River along its rocky escarpments. If you would like to experience the river in a more personal way, there are also many opportunities for kayaking, canoeing, rafting, and fishing.
• Skytop Lodge
  Up here, you get the feeling that you're on top of the world! Over our 77 years, rich traditions have refined the services and amenities generations of the same families have enjoyed at Skytop Lodge. Our 5,500 acre resort offers a full array of year-round activities including golf, tennis, hiking on 30 miles of trails, mountain biking, lake swimming, indoor and outdoor pools, sporting clays and skeet shooting, Camp-in-the-Clouds for kids, boating, canoeing and kayaking, a full-service spa, downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, ice skating, sledding, tobogganing, snow-shoeing and more!

  Skytop Lodge, a member of the National Trust Historic Hotels of America and a Conde Nast Johannsens Recommended Resort, is just two hours from Philadelphia and New York City.

• Barley Creek Brewing Co.
• Pocono Environmental Education Center
  The Pocono Environmental Education Center is an ideal setting for family vacations and special events. It is a wonderful place for anyone interested in learning about the natural world in a beautiful, informal setting. Bookstore is open Wednesday to Friday 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and Saturday to Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Coming in April of 2006 - PEEC's sustainable-green Education/Dining Facility. The new 7,300 square foot building will be open for full use and rental in the Spring.
• Monroe County Environmental Education Center
  The Center's focus is the natural environment of the Pocono Mountains.
• Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
  Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center offers environmental education programs from the Touch and Grow pre-school environmental awareness program to environmental problem solving programs. Contact the center office for information on upcoming educational programs.
  
  Once the site where the famous Henry Rifle was made, the Jacobsburg National Historic District lies almost entirely within the park. Henry's Woods offers very scenic hikes and the rest of the center grounds have muti-use trails.
  
  Many state parks have varying levels of handicap accessible facilities. For full accessibility information, reservations or additional inquiries about Pennsylvania's State Parks, please call (voice) 1-888-PA-PARKS (voice 1-888-727-2757).
• Nescopeck State Park