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1966 Map of Pocono Pines

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Pocono Pines
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Lake Naomi and the developing resort communities of the Pocono Plateau define this mid-1960s landscape. The map illustrates the transition from traditional mountain settlements to planned recreational enclaves, with Lake Naomi Estates and Stillwater Lake Estates carving residential grids out of the heavy timber and wetlands. The local economy and transport history are visible in the path of the Erie-Lackawanna line and an abandoned Old Railroad Grade that once served the region's logging and ice industries.

Extensive public lands, including State Game Lands No 38 and State Game Lands No 127, preserve the high-elevation wilderness surrounding Pocono Pines and Long Pond. Genealogists may find interest in the Cem near the headwaters of Tunkhannock Creek and the St Joan of Arc Ch at Pocono Summit. The terrain is marked by notable peaks and passes like Pohopoco Mountain, High Knob, and Hypsy Gap, which govern the flow of waters toward Indian Mountain Lake and the Delaware-Lehigh State Exper Forest.