Pocono Environmental Education Center

Fun Things To Do At Lake Wallenpaupack, Pike County, Pa

Lake Wallenpaupack constructed in 1926 is great place for water sports, fishing and outdoor activities. Check out the Costas Fun Park, Lake Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center and Dorflinger Glass Museum.

Tumbling Waters in the late spring

A little jewel of a waterfall on the PA209 waterfall trail. The climb to the top is really strenuous, but it provides views of 2 other waterfalls. Alas, I didn't record them here - should have - but I didn't.

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area | Wikipedia audio article

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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area


00:00:49 1 Description
00:01:49 2 Geology and geography
00:01:59 3 History
00:02:08 3.1 Minisink
00:02:16 3.2 Tocks Island Dam project
00:04:17 3.3 Establishment of the recreation area
00:05:01 4 Gallery
00:05:10 5 Notable sites within the Park



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The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is a 70,000 acres (28,000 ha) protected area designated a National Recreation Area administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service. It is located along the middle section of the Delaware River in New Jersey and Pennsylvania stretching from the Delaware Water Gap northward in New Jersey to the state line near Port Jervis, New York, and in Pennsylvania to the outskirts of Milford. A 40-mile (64 km) section of the Delaware River, entirely within the National Recreation Area, has been granted protected status as the Middle Delaware National Scenic River under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and is also administered by the National Park Service. This section of the river is the core of the historical Minisink region.

Grey Towers National Historic Site | Wikipedia audio article

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Grey Towers National Historic Site


00:01:17 1 Building and grounds
00:02:28 2 History
00:02:52 2.1 James Pinchot
00:05:26 2.2 Gifford and Cornelia
00:08:03 2.3 Forest Service
00:09:42 3 Today



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Grey Towers National Historic Site, also known as Gifford Pinchot House or The Pinchot Institute, is located just off US 6 west of Milford, Pennsylvania, in Dingman Township. It is the ancestral home of Gifford Pinchot, first director of the United States Forest Service (USFS) and twice elected governor of Pennsylvania.
The house, built in the style of a French château to reflect the Pinchot family's French origins, was designed by Richard Morris Hunt with some later work by Henry Edwards-Ficken. Situated on the hills above Milford, it overlooks the Delaware River. Pinchot grew up there and returned during the summers when his later life took him to Washington and Harrisburg. His wife Cornelia made substantial changes to the interior of the home and gardens, in collaboration with several different architects, during that time.
In 1963 his family donated it and the surrounding 102 acres (41 ha) to the Forest Service; it is the only U.S. National Historic Site managed by that agency. Three years later the Department of the Interior designated it a National Historic Landmark. Today it is open to the public for tours and hiking on its trails; it is also home to the Pinchot Institute, which carries on his work in conservation.