Pocono Mountains Travel Guide - 2008-2009 - (Page 10) OUTDOORS SPRING Promised Land State Park is just that for both hikers and equestrians. The park doesn’t offer horses for hire, but SUMMER it does have equine access to miles of trails on state forest lands. Local outfitters offer rides of different lengths and levels. shoreline. Elsewhere in the region, canoeists, kayakers and motor boaters have lakes in nearly every one of the nine state parks in the Pocono Mountains to enjoy. Each lake has its own regulations though, so make sure to check on those before heading out. TIME TO FISH The middle section of the Delaware River that flows through the Delaware Water Gap is fabulous for fly-fishing, bait fishing and wading. Expect to pull out trout or stripers. There are access points every eight to 10 miles, and long-time local fishing guides say there isn’t a bad spot among them. The Lackawaxen River is stocked with trout enough to keep you busy for as long as you want; Big Bushkill Creek is a smaller, fly-fishing-only area loaded mostly with brook trout. Want more details? Area guide services can arrange for fishing trips on any of the above-mentioned waters. For more information, visit 800poconos.com FALL WATER – WILD AND MILD A BALL’S EYE VIEW With 54,000 miles With 567 holes, the of streams and Pocono Mountains rivers, Pennsylvania is a great golf TEE TIME: There are more than is home to more destination. This is 35 golf courses in the Pocono Mountains. - Photo by Jeff Greenberg flowing water than also quite possibly anywhere else in the Lower 48. We the only mountain area in the world like to think some of the best of those to feature golfing on a private island 54,000 miles are here in the Pocono (at Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort). Mountains. The Lehigh River satisfies Golf greats Arnold Palmer and Sam visitors looking for a whitewater Snead have played here, as have rush. For the third year in a row, the Jackie Gleason and Mickey Mantle Army Corps of Engineers plans on (they’re still looking for some of the releasing water from the Francis E. balls Mantle sent flying). Pocono Walter Dam, which sits just above Mountains courses – there are more 22 miles of whitewater, every other than 35 of them at last count – have weekend from mid-May through late been designed by some of the best. September. Whitewater rushes along The vast majority of courses are open the winding Delaware River too, past to the public. For more golf specifics, spectacular rock formations, beautiful turn to page 62. waterfalls, spring water pools, wildlife Dina Mishev grew up exploring the mountains of the East before moving West and starting and even jumping fish. Local river a writing career. Her work has appeared in outfitters also offer guided canoe Outside, National Geographic Adventure, trips and inner tube rentals. Take Skiing, National Geographic Traveler and her first book, Wyoming Curiosities, was a river sojourn down the Delaware recently published by Globe Pequot. and combine canoeing, camping, educational programs and historical interpretation. On a hot summer day, boaters head for Lake Wallenpaupack, a 5,600-acre lake with 52 miles of uninterrupted 10 POCONO MOUNTAINS TRAVEL GUIDE TAKE A HIKE: There are 261 miles of hiking trails in the Pocono Mountains. - Photo by Russ Schleipman http://800poconos.com
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