Start from 29 curated places around Poconos, PA, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Sarah Street Grill
A downtown Stroudsburg anchor that covers sushi, burgers, steaks, and craft cocktails in a lively room with live music most nights. More than 30 years in operation means the kitchen has found its footing on a wide menu that doesn't try to be everything at once. The sushi is better than you'd expect from a grill-forward menu.
Siamsa Irish Pub
An Irish pub on Main Street Stroudsburg with a proper whiskey program, consistent Irish-American kitchen, and the feel of a local regular spot rather than a tourist destination. The fish and chips are exactly what they should be; the whiskey list is the kind of thing that rewards spending time with the menu.
Trails & outdoors
Bushkill Falls Red Trail
The full waterfall circuit at Bushkill Falls — 1.7 miles covering all eight waterfalls through hemlock ravines and over wooden boardwalks. The Main Falls are the centerpiece but the outlying falls on the full loop have a wild remoteness that the short green trail bypasses entirely. Worth the admission; do the full loop.
Mount Minsi via Appalachian Trail
A 5-mile Appalachian Trail loop from Delaware Water Gap town to the summit of Mount Minsi, with the best ridge views of the Delaware River gap in Pennsylvania. Council Rock and Lookout Rock are the two named viewpoints; both deliver on clear days, and the summit walk in fall foliage is among the best in the Poconos.
Things to do
Camelback Mountain Adventures
The summer and fall side of Camelback Resort — mountain coaster, ziplines, aerial park, UTV trails, and a mountain biking network that's more developed than most people realize. The mountain coaster (a gravity-powered rail sled down the ski slope) is the signature experience and better than it sounds; the zipline tour covers the ridge with legitimately good views.
Camelback Mountain Ski Resort
The largest ski area in Pennsylvania — 39 trails, snowmaking on all of them, and a consistent winter operation that handles the demand from the New York and Philadelphia metro areas with more grace than you'd expect. Better suited for intermediate skiers than experts, but has enough terrain to keep any level busy for a full day.
Landmarks & sights
Bushkill Falls
A privately-owned waterfall park centered on eight falls on Bushkill Creek — the Main Falls are the showpiece, but the Red Trail (about 2 miles) covers all eight and passes through hemlock ravines that feel far more remote than the admission price suggests. Admission is charged; it's worth it if you do the full trail rather than just the overlook boardwalk near the entrance.
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
A 70,000-acre protected national recreation area along the Delaware River — accessible swimming beaches, 28 miles of Appalachian Trail, waterfalls, and overlooks scattered along both the Pennsylvania and New Jersey shores. More diverse than most parks this close to a major metro; the river corridor, ridge trails, and waterfall walks are genuinely different experiences within a short drive of each other.