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It’s been five weeks since a tornado wielding 120 mph-plus winds roared through Promised Land State Park, uprooting and shattering century-old trees and destroying cabins, wildlife and the ...
More than 50 years ago, I touched my first hemlock, glimpsed my first pileated woodpecker and caught my first pickerel at Promised Land State Park. Courtesy of a friend, our family had the use of ...
The Promised Land and Pie in the Sky Trails Showcase will be held July 25 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. CT at Cumberland Mountain State Park. The event is free and open to the public. Deputy Commissioner ...
A debate persists on how Promised Land State Park got its name. One theory holds that the Shakers acquired the property to farm and named it the Promised Land in an attempt to draw in farmers.
A popular park in the Poconos is reopening two of its campgrounds just in time for the summer season. Promised Land State Park is reopening Pickerel Point and D ...
The extensive system of lakes at Promised Land State Park in Pike County provide myriad reflecting surfaces for the fall colors that have come to the forests of the park.The 3,000-acre park ...
Promised Land State Park encompasses approximately 3,000 acres. It was the commonwealth's fourth state park, having been acquired in 1902 and officially opened in 1905.
GREENTOWN – Attention all active and non-active military members! Promised Land State Park is hosting a Veteran’s Appreciation Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, at the Falls Picnic ...