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Promised Land State Park
- Established
- 1905
- Acreage
- 3,000 · ~3,000 acres on the Pocono Plateau at 1,800-ft elevation; mostly surrounded by Delaware State Forest
- Location
- Pike County, PA (near Greentown, in the Poconos)
- Key features
- Promised Land Lake and Lower Lake; northern hardwood and hemlock forest; Conservation Island; CCC-built facilities
- Activities
- Swimming, boating, fishing, camping, cabin rentals, hiking, hunting, ice fishing, cross-country skiing
- Notable
- Pennsylvania's 4th state park (opened 1905); the name reportedly comes from Shaker settlers who, upon seeing the rocky, infertile soil, sarcastically dubbed it 'the Promised Land'
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Source: www.pa.gov · 2026-05-14