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
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10 Specialty Museums 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. Cresco Station Museum
2. Dorflinger Factory Museum
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 29 reviews
Reviewed By treeface - Ambler, United States
For only $5.00, you get a guided tour of this historic site. The cut glass is beautiful, and we learned that Dorflinger fine lead crystal graced the tables in the White House as well as wealthy individual's homes during the Gilded Age of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The museum contains an exhibit of glass cutting equipment.
3. No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 279 reviews
Take a 1,600 foot train ride into the mountain, then walk 600 feet on a guided tour of the oldest continuously operated deep anthracite coal mine in the world. Walking the “mule-way” is just one of many experiences you will enjoy during a guided tour of the No. 9 Mine. View authentic equipment in a working environment dating back to 1855. The “Wash Shanty” Museum houses the largest mining artifact collection in the area as well as the gift shop. You can also enjoy a 57-minute documentary in the museum that focuses on the Anthracite Era & the Industrial Revolution before or after your tour. Open April through November.
Reviewed By barb-pa - Downingtown, United States
Mine tour was incredibly interesting! Our guide was the head of the organization that runs the mine and is himself a miner so we had a great tour. Especially interesting to hear about how practices have changed - or not - from the early days of the mine’s operation. The museum could use some content in the display cases to tell us about what we are looking at, but still interesting in its own right.
4. The Columns Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 62 reviews
Reviewed By treeface - Ambler, United States
The Museum contains the large American flag which was used to cushion President Lincoln's head as he lay mortally wounded on the floor of the Presidential Box at Ford's Theater after being shot by John Wilkes Booth. The Playbill for "Our American Cousin" which was the play the Lincoln's had gone to see at Ford's Theater is on permanent display at this museum. There are also displays about notable names associated with Pike County, such as Zane Grey and Gifford Pinchot, the latter who was America's first Chief Forester and a two term Governor of PA. Admission is only $5.00. It's best to confirm hours that the museum will be open..
5. Dorflinger Glass Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 48 reviews
Reviewed By Anne9878
Fascinating exhibit of glass and excellent information about the history of glassmaking and glass cutting in this region. Especially interesting is the film from 1910s that shows glass blowing and glass making from the Dorflinger factory.
6. Mt. Pleasant Glass Museum
7. Wayne County Historical Society Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 39 reviews
Reviewed By 91thomaso - Princeton, United States
The collections are fascinating, covering the country's first locomotive, the importance of the Erie canal to early Americana industry and the country’s expansion, and documenting through many exhibits how the community and its customs evolved as it navigated through our country's history. There are two spectacular exhibits to highlight. First, the exquisite cut glass produced by the Dorflinger factory and his contemporaries. For 40 years from 1870 to WWI, these pieces were sent around the world to be used at formal events by Presidents, monarchs, and in the finest restaurants. The artistry is nothing short of astonishing, especially when you see the tools they had to work with. It is impossible to day to make glass of such quality by hand. Second, we had the great good fortune to see parts of the collection of the American Impressionist, Mel Stark, a contemporary and friend of Whistler and other American and European Impressionists. The diversity and quality of his work deserves much greater awareness and appreciation. Truly not to be missed.
8. Zane Grey Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 54 reviews
Reviewed By roadtoretirement
This museum is open May-October. It was Zane Greys home and it very interesting with all his memorabilia and books. His grave is Nextdoor in the cemetery. Robeling bridge is nearby and worth a stop, too. And there is a great deli just up by the Lacawaxen River where you can get a good meal and a view of the river.
9. Pocono Indian Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 95 reviews
Reviewed By Jenbuckingham - Lindenwold, United States
Me and husband finally stopped in here this past weekend as we were visiting the poconos for my birthday. We have passed this place many times on the way to bushkill but never stopped in. The tour of the museum is very inexpensive (about $7 per adult) It is a self guided audio tour through displays and tons of cool genuine Native American artifacts. When the tour is over there is a large gift shop with tons of neat trinkets and gemstones to browse and buy! The woman helping us in the gift shop was very kind and helpful! Will definitely stop by again!
10. Mauch Chunk Museum & Cultural Center
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 67 reviews
Reviewed By GrantBWilmington
OK, you have to be interested in history, but if you are this little place provides a fascinating insight into America's recent industrial past. Who knew that roller coasters were effectively a by-product of coal mining, or that single-use canal barges, recycled at their destination, were economically successful in the 1800's?
