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Gouldsboro State Park
Nearby Parks:
Tobyhanna State Park
Big Pocono State Park
Promised Land State Park
Delaware State Forest
Hickory Run State Park
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Gouldsboro State Park
Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania 18466
Phone: 570-894-8336
Toll Free: 888-727-2757
Reservations: 888-727-2757
Email: tobyhannasp@state.pa.us
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| State Park Overview: |
| Gouldsboro State Park, in Monroe and Wayne counties in northeastern Pennsylvania, contains 2,800 acres of land, including the 250-acre Gouldsboro Lake. Tobyhanna State Park is nearby. |
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| Arts & Crafts | |  | Peters Valley Craft Center Store - Layton , NJ
The store at Peters Valley Craft Center offers original handcrafted art, jewelry, clothing, ceramics, and home furnishings. Unique items from over 300 artists offer distinctive ideas to embellish the home, treat yourself,
or to select for a gift. Visit the Gallery upstairs for our latest exhibit of fine art craft.
Web Site: http://www.petersvalley.org |
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| Trails: |
| Trails at Gouldsboro:
The rugged terrain of Tobyhanna and Gouldsboro state parks makes for challenging but rewarding hiking. All trails are blazed. Double blazes indicates a change of direction or a junction of two trails.
Follow these rules for a safe hike:
An adult should accompany children.
Be sure to wear hiking boots.
Motor vehicles are not permitted on the trails, except snowmobiles are permitted on designated trails.
Prospect Rock Trail: 5.8 miles, blue blaze, difficult hiking. This large, loop trail begins in the day use area. Some sections follow the old entrance road and Old Route 611, which are suitable for bicycling and cross-country skiing. But, there are several very rocky sections.
Old Route 611: 1.25 miles, blue blaze, easy hiking. This flat, wide trail runs along the western side of Gouldsboro State Park, paralleling I-380. Part of the trail is Prospect Rock Trail. This trail is excellent for hiking, bicycling and cross-country skiing. |
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| Arts/Cultural/Drama | |  | Peters Valley Craft Center - Layton , NJ
Peters Valley is a non-profit education center and gallery for craft arts. Tour the studios on weekends during summer. Workshops May to September, 2 to 5 days. Expert instructors from US and abroad. Commute or sleep over for a mini-vacation close-to-home. Wood turning, weaving, jewelry, ceramics, blacksmithing, photography, papermaking, beading and more.
Web Site: http://www.petersvalley.org |
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| Picnicking: |
| Gouldsboro State Park provides five wooded picnic areas with about 300 picnic tables. Picnicking is permitted throughout the year. An accessible picnic pavilion, with electricity, may be reserved from 11 months in advance. If unreserved, the picnic pavilion is free on a first-served, first-served basis. |
| Boating: |
| Boating: electric motors only
The 250-acre Gouldsboro Lake has overnight mooring at 50 seasonal mooring spaces, which requires a state park mooring permit, available at most state park offices.
Motorboats must display a boat registration from any state. Non-powered boats must display one of the following: boat registration from any state; launching permit or mooring permit from Pennsylvania State Parks that are available at most state park offices; launch use permit from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. |
| Swimming: |
| The sand beach at each park is open from late-May to mid-September, 8 a.m. to sunset. Swim at your own risk. |
| Fishing and Hunting: |
| Fishing:
The common fish in Tobyhanna and Gouldsboro lakes are bass, pickerel, yellow perch, catfish and sunfish. Tobyhanna Lake also has brook trout. Gouldsboro Lake also has muskellunge, walleye, crappie, sucker and fallfish. An accessible fishing pier is available at each park.
Ice Fishing:
Both lakes are popular ice fishing spots. Ice thickness is not monitored. For your safety, be sure the ice is at least four inches thick and carry safety equipment.
Hunting:
Most of Tobyhanna and Gouldsboro state parks are open to hunting, trapping and the training of dogs during established seasons. Common game species are white-tailed deer, black bear, snowshoe hare, squirrel and turkey. Furbearers include beaver, muskrat, mink, fox, coyote and raccoon. Hunting is also permitted in nearby State Game Lands 127 and 312.
Hunting woodchucks, also known as groundhogs, is prohibited. Dog training is only permitted from the day following Labor Day through March 31 in designated hunting areas. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Game Commission rules and regulations apply. Contact the park office for accessible hunting information.
Use extreme caution with firearms at all times. The park is used by other visitors during hunting seasons. Firearms and archery equipment may be uncased and ready for use only in authorized hunting areas during hunting seasons. In areas not open to hunting or during non-hunting seasons, firearms and archery equipment must be kept in the owner's car, trailer or camp. |
| History of the Area: |
| The name Gouldsboro comes from the village north of the park that was named for Jay Gould (1836-1892). A native of New York, Gould acquired a very large fortune that by 1892 included ownership of ten percent of all railroad track in the country. One of the railroads he owned was the Erie-Lackawanna. This rail line parallels the eastern boundary of the park and is now a part of the Steamtown, USA railroad excursion route between Scranton and Pocono Summit.
Gould was a co-owner of a leather tannery at Thornhurst, a small village 9.5 miles west of Gouldsboro. Raw hides shipped from Australia and the western United States came to Gouldsboro by railroad and then were taken in two-ton loads by horse drawn wagons over a plank road to Thornhurst for tanning. |
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| | | B&Bs / Inns | | Hotel Jonas - This 105 year old Victorian hotel is centrally located within minutes of many activities. Enjoy a delicious meal in our romantic dining room. A continental breakfast is included in your stay. | | | |  | Whistling Swan Inn - Stanhope, NJ
Nestled in the beautiful Skylands Region of New Jersey, the house now known as The Whistling Swan Inn was built in 1905 by Justice of the Peace, Daniel Best, for his wife, Sarah. Come visit Northwest NJ's finest Victorian Inn Voted "Top Ten B&B in US" by Inn Traveler Magazine
Web Site: http://www.whistlingswaninn.com |
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Box 1486 Route 115
Blakeslee, PA
570-646-9255
| Foxwood Family Campgrounds
400 Mt. Nebo Road
East Stroudsburg, PA
570-421-1424
| Otter Lake Camp Resort
4805 Marshalls Creek Road
East Stroudsburg, PA
800-345-1369
| Outdoor World - Timothy Lake North
Timothy Lake Road
East Stroudsburg, PA
570-588-6631
| Outdoor World - Timothy Lake South
Timothy Lake Road
East Stroudsburg, PA
570-588-1617
| Ironwood Point Recreation Area
155 Burns Hill Road
Greentown, PA
570-857-0880
| Ledgedale Recreation Area
153 Ledgedale Road
Greentown, PA
570-689-2181
| Lake Moc A Tek Campground
PO Box 481
Hamlin, PA
570-226-3433
| Indian Brave Campground
Route 19 North
Harmony, PA
724-452-9204
| Clayton Park Recreational Area
RR 2 Box 2490 Swoyer Road
Lake Ariel, PA
570-698-6080
| Secluded Acres Campground
Avoy Road
Lakeville, PA
570-676-0695
| Three Pines Campground
Route 590
Lakeville, PA
570-226-6286
| Pocono Raceway Campground
Clearview Road
Long Pond, PA
570-646-2300
| Four Seasons Campgrounds Inc
RD 1 Babbling Brook Road
Scotrun, PA
570-629-2504
| Outdoor World - Scotrun Campground
Route 611
Scotrun, PA
570-629-0620
| Pocono Vacation Park
RD 5 Box 5214
Stroudsburg, PA
570-424-2587
| Hemlock Campground & Cottages
362 Hemlock Drive
Tobyhanna, PA
570-894-4388
| Sandy Valley Campground
199 Valley Road
White Haven, PA
570-636-0770
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| | Area Fishing Related Businesses | | Ray's Bait & Tackle
220 Main St
Avoca, PA
(570) 654-9555
| Ray's Bait & Tackle
220 Main St
Pittston, PA
(570) 654-9555
| Ted's Bait & Tackle
1597 Mount Cobb Rd
Lake Ariel, PA
(570) 689-4181
| Dunkelberger's Sports
585 Main St
Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 421-7950
| Ixtapa Sport Fishing Charters
19 Depue LN
Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 688-9466
| Family Bait & Tackle Shop
624 N Courtland St
East Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 421-6918
| Windsor Fly Shop
348 N 9th St
Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 424-0938
| Hiawatha Hunting & Fishing
700 Schoolhouse Rd
East Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 421-7712
| Beaver Run Hunting & Fishing Club
3 Barren Rd
East Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 223-8257
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| | Area Resorts and Lodging | | Clarion Inn
300 Meadow Avenue
Scranton, PA
(570) 344-9811
| Lake View Estates
Bender Rd & Lakeview Timber Dr
Gouldsboro, PA
(570) 842-1420
| Montage Mountain Ski Resort
1000 Montage Mountain Rd
Scranton, PA
(570) 969-7669
| Sterling Inn The
South Sterling, PA
(570) 676-3311
| Country Surrey Inn
3rd St
Gouldsboro, PA
(570) 842-2081
| Mountain Laurel Resort & Spa The
State Highway 940
White Haven, PA
(570) 443-8411
| Harmony Lake Shore Inn
LK Hrmny
White Haven, PA
(570) 722-0522
| Mountaintop Lodge
Route 940
Pocono Pines, PA
(570) 646-6636
| Carmen's Radisson Lackawanna Sta Hotel Scranton
700 Lackawanna Ave
Scranton, PA
(570) 342-8300
| Alpine Motel
1863 W Main St
Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 421-3790
| Walter's Motel
2011 W Main St
Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 424-1862
| Water Gap Country Club
Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 476-0300
| Countryside Cottages
RR 3 Box 3002
Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 629-2131
| Howard Johnson's
63 Route 611
Bartonsville, PA
(570) 424-6100
| Flower Fields Motel & Cottages
301 Route 611
Bartonsville, PA
(570) 629-0131
| Rimrock Country Cottages
425 Rimrock Dr
Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 629-2360
| Mountain Springs Lake
Mountain Springs Dr
Reeders, PA
(570) 629-0251
| Chateau Resort & Conference Center
300 Camelback Rd
Tannersville, PA
(570) 629-5900
| Rainbow Mountain Resort and Restaurant
210 Mount Nebo Rd
East Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 223-8484
| Value Inn
5219 Milford Rd
East Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 588-1100
| Echo Valley Cottages
1 Lower Lakeview Dr
East Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 223-0662
| Pocono Palace Inc
5241 Milford Rd
East Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 588-6694
| Paramount Motel
Business Route 209 N
East Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 421-2141
| Birchwood In the Poconos
3400 Birchwood Rd
East Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 629-0222
| Shilla Garden Korean Restaurant
RR 209
East Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 588-1100
| Alpine Lounge
RR 447
East Stroudsburg, PA
(570) 595-7411
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| Directions: |
| The park entrance is one-half mile south of the village of Gouldsboro on PA 507. PA 507 intersects with I-380 at Exit 13, two miles south of the park entrance, and with I-84, 13 miles north of the park entrance. |
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