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    Penn Forest Reservoir is a very beautiful lake in beautiful surroundings. This lake is so wonderful. The snow is tremendous at Blue Mountain; nice hiking is available along the Choke Creek Trail. A tour to Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor is worthwhile. Fern Ridge Campground is a good campground nearby, and Hideaway Hills Golf Club is a golf course nearby.
Do stop by Wernetts Pond close to Penn Forest Reservoir, it's a pretty lake, and you can
 
   go for a hike on the Boulder Field Trail. Life's too short to enjoy all the exciting stuff right next door to Penn Forest Reservoir. After a long day outdoors Split Rock Resort is a great place to spend a night or two, and get yourself into a kayak and hit Lehigh River. Why not visit Penn Forest Dam if you're here, and a delightful close by hotel is Best Western Inn At Blakeslee Pocono.
This lake is so wonderful. There are some good whitewater spots on Tunkhannock
 
               Creek, and there are plenty of folks from Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton here. All the water falling down from the sky makes Penn Forest Reservoir a wet place; August is the wettest month with most rain while February is the month with the least amount of precipitation. There's some flowing water nearby, Cross Run is a stream you can check out while here; here at Penn Forest Reservoir you can see Call Mountain.
The best way to spend a winter day is on the slopes of nearby Big Boulder; if you came for an overnight stay Don Laine Campground is a magnificent location to camp. The warmest time of the year at Penn Forest Reservoir comes with high temperatures in the 70's. Once the sun is down it drops down to the 50's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 20's, and night lows in the 10's for Penn Forest Reservoir. What a site this is for outdoors folks. There's wonderful hiking along the Camelback Trail, and Lehighton Reservoir is a nearby lake that you could take a look at.

 
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Local climate location: FREELAND 4 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 40.92944
Longitude: -75.56278

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These outdoors activities are available near Penn Forest Reservoir.
 Hotels Near Penn Forest Reservoir:
Best Western Inn At Blakeslee Pocono, Blakeslee, 8 miles away
Split Rock Resort, Lake Harmony, 8 miles away
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Lehighton, Pa, Lehighton, 9 miles away
Comfort Inn -Pocono Mountain, White Haven, 12 miles away
Inn at Jim Thorpe, Jim Thorpe, 13 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Penn Forest Reservoir:
Don Laine Campground, Palmerton, 5 miles away
Fern Ridge Campground, Blakeslee, 7 miles away
WT Family Camping, Blakeslee, 8 miles away
Jim Thorpe Camping Resort, Jim Thorpe, 9 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Penn Forest Reservoir:
Big Boulder, Pennsylvania, 7 miles away
      475 vertical feet
Blue Mountain, Pennsylvania, 7 miles away
      1082 vertical feet
Split Rock, Pennsylvania, 8 miles away
      250 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Penn Forest Reservoir:
Lehigh River, Carbon / Lehigh / Northhampton / Monroe CountyCounty, 6 miles away
      Class I-III - 82.1 miles long (Pennsylvania Route 435 to Canal Park Allentown)
Tunkhannock Creek, Monroe/Carbon CountyCounty, 7 miles away
      Class I-III - 4.4 miles long (Pennsylvania Route 115 to Pennsylvania Route 940)
Lehigh River, Carbon CountyCounty, 14 miles away
      Class II-III - 9 miles long (White Haven to Rockport)
 National Parks Near Penn Forest Reservoir:
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Bethlehem - PA, 19 miles away
Delaware National Scenic River, Bushkill - PA, 44 miles away
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Bushkill - PA, 44 miles away
 Trails Near Penn Forest Reservoir:
Boulder Field Trail, Carbon County, 7 miles away
Choke Creek Trail, Lackawanna County, 15 miles away
Camelback Trail, Monroe County, 16 miles away
 Golf Courses Near Penn Forest Reservoir:
Hideaway Hills Golf Club, Kresgeville, 5 miles away
Indian Mountain Golf Course, Kresgeville, 5 miles away
 Lakes Near Penn Forest Reservoir:
Wernetts Pond, Carbon CountyCounty, 5 miles away
Lehighton Reservoir, Carbon CountyCounty, 5 miles away

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