*Mount Pocono* is not a mountain! In the 1960s my family went skiing in northeast Pennsylvania, at Big Boulder, Elk, Camelback. By age 9 years, I could see weather reports on Philadelphia tv stations. These reports told of weather at Mount Pocono. My thought was, where is this mountain, and should there ne ski-slopes on this mountain? By the 1980s, I figure this is the name for a NWS weather station on the federal government land of Tobyhanna Army Depot. In the 1990s, I became more familiar with the Steamtown park and the railroad through Scranton. With that knowledge, I learned that the name "Mount Pocono" is the name of the high-point of the Lackawanna railroad into Scranton from east and Hoboken. Railroads stay away from mountains.
I was born in the area and lived there for almost 20 years, and yes - you literally drive up a mountain on Route 611 to get there. That's why the road inclines up as you drive to the bridge to get into Mount Pocono. There is also a spot we call "The View" when you make your first right into town, that lets you see the view from on top of the mountain you're on. The Poconos is a bunch of mountains which is why it's called "Pocono Mountains" with an S at the end. Whatever route you take from Tannersville (or anywhere south) to get to Mount Pocono is going to be an incline going up the mountain.
*Mount Pocono* is not a mountain!
In the 1960s my family went skiing in northeast Pennsylvania, at Big Boulder, Elk, Camelback. By age 9 years, I could see weather reports on Philadelphia tv stations. These reports told of weather at Mount Pocono. My thought was, where is this mountain, and should there ne ski-slopes on this mountain?
By the 1980s, I figure this is the name for a NWS weather station on the federal government land of Tobyhanna Army Depot.
In the 1990s, I became more familiar with the Steamtown park and the railroad through Scranton. With that knowledge, I learned that the name "Mount Pocono" is the name of the high-point of the Lackawanna railroad into Scranton from east and Hoboken. Railroads stay away from mountains.
I was born in the area and lived there for almost 20 years, and yes - you literally drive up a mountain on Route 611 to get there. That's why the road inclines up as you drive to the bridge to get into Mount Pocono. There is also a spot we call "The View" when you make your first right into town, that lets you see the view from on top of the mountain you're on. The Poconos is a bunch of mountains which is why it's called "Pocono Mountains" with an S at the end. Whatever route you take from Tannersville (or anywhere south) to get to Mount Pocono is going to be an incline going up the mountain.