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Pocono Mountains
The Pocono Mountains, commonly referred to as the Poconos (), are a geographical, geological, and cultural region in Northeastern Pennsylvania. They overlook the Delaware River and Delaware Water Gap to the east, Lake Wallenpaupack to the north, Wyoming Valley and the Coal Region to the west and the Lehigh Valley to the south. The name Pocono is derived from the Munsee word Pokawachne, which means "Creek Between Two Hills". Much of the Poconos region lies within the Greater New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA Combined Statistical Area. The wooded hills and valleys have long been a popular recreation area, accessible within a two-hour drive to millions of metropolitan area residents, with many Pocono communities having resort hotels with fishing, hunting, skiing, and other sports facilities. Although referred to usually as a mountain range, the area is a dissected plateau, a sub-section of the larger Allegheny Plateau, forming a escarpment. The topological mountains are also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaware Water Gap
The Delaware Water Gap is a water gap on the border of the U.S. states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River cuts through a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. The gap makes up the southern portion of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, which is used primarily for recreational purposes, such as canoeing, fishing, hiking, and rock climbing. Though the US National Park Service manages the National Recreation Area, portions of the water gap are also patrolled by New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. The park does not charge an entrance fee but does have expanded amenity fees, including vehicle season and daily passes, bicycles amenity fees, and charges for beach use. Most of the park is open 24-hours a day, with most day-use areas within the park open sunrise to sunset (such as trailhead parking lots, Millbrook Village, and all picnic areas). Geology A water gap is a geological feature where a river cuts through a mountain ridge. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 611
Pennsylvania Route 611 (PA 611) is a state highway in eastern Pennsylvania running from Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania, Interstate 95 (I-95) in the southern part of Philadelphia north to Interstate 380 (Pennsylvania), I-380 in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Coolbaugh Township in the Pocono Mountains. Through most of Philadelphia, PA 611 follows Broad Street (Philadelphia), Broad Street, the main north-south street in Philadelphia. The route continues north through the northern suburbs of Philadelphia and serves Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, Jenkintown, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, Willow Grove, and Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, the latter of which it bypasses on a freeway. North of Doylestown, PA 611 heads through rural areas and runs along the west bank of the Delaware River to Easton, Pennsylvania, Easton in the Lehigh Valley. The route continues back into rural land and passes through the Delaware Water Gap, at which point it enters the Pocono Mountains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 940
Pennsylvania Route 940 (PA 940) is a Pennsylvania highway located in the Pocono Mountains. It runs from Pennsylvania Route 309, PA 309 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Hazleton east to Pennsylvania Route 191, PA 191 in Paradise Valley, Pennsylvania, Paradise Valley. Large segments of PA 940 are located in densely forested areas. The route heads northeast through Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County from Hazleton, passing through Freeland, Pennsylvania, Freeland and coming to an interchange with Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania, Interstate 80 (I-80) in White Haven, Pennsylvania, White Haven. From here, PA 940 turns east and runs a short distance north of I-80, coming to an interchange with both I-80 and Interstate 476, I-476 (Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension) in northern Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Carbon County. The route continues through Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Monroe County and passes through Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania, Pocono Pines before it has an interchange w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 33
Pennsylvania Route 33 (PA 33) is a freeway in eastern Pennsylvania. The highway runs from its interchange with Interstate 78 (I-78) south of Easton in the Lehigh Valley to I-80 and PA 611 west of Stroudsburg. Until 2002, the route's southern terminus was at U.S. Route 22 (US 22), and the extension south of the US 22 interchange is known as the Gen. Anthony Clement McAuliffe Memorial Highway, named in honor of American World War II general Anthony McAuliffe. The route is commonly used as a hazmat bypass for the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Northeast Extension due to the restrictions in place on the Lehigh Tunnel. PA 33 provides a freeway connection between the Lehigh Valley and Pocono Mountains regions of Pennsylvania. As of March 2016, PA 33 north of the US 22 interchange in Bethlehem Township was the busiest state highway or street in the Lehigh Valley with an average of 68,800 vehicles daily. Route description Northampton County PA 33 begins at a trumpet interchang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 903
Pennsylvania Route 903 (PA 903) is a state highway located in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Carbon and Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Monroe counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 209 (US 209) in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, Jim Thorpe. The northern terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 115, PA 115 in Tunkhannock Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, Tunkhannock Township. The route runs through rural areas of the Pocono Mountains, with an interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (Interstate 476, I-476) in Penn Forest Township, Pennsylvania, Penn Forest Township and a junction with Pennsylvania Route 534, PA 534 in Kidder Township, Pennsylvania, Kidder Township. PA 903 is a two-lane undivided road nearly its entire length, besides the I-476 intersection. The route was designated in 1928 between US 209/U.S. Route 309, US 309 in present-day Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, Jim Thorpe, and a connecting road, now PA 115, south of Blakeslee, Pennsylvan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
