My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.
Our first camping trip of the 2025 season was to Tobyhanna State Park in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. We stayed there once before a few years ago when we had our pop-up tent camper. We remembered how much we enjoyed the park and decided to return there for our season opener.
Tobyhanna State Park is located in Monroe and Wayne counties in northeastern Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains region. The 5,440-acre park includes the 170-acre Tobyhanna Lake. The park entrance is only about 2 miles north of the community of Tobyhanna and a short drive to grocery stores and other amenities.
Tobyhanna State Park is also conveniently located quite close to the smaller 2,800-acre Gouldsboro State Park, which also has its own 250-acre lake. There are 19 miles of trails within the two parks. In fact, one 3-mile trail connects the parks together. So you are kind of getting two parks in one!
Tobyhanna State Park Campground has 140 sites with two bath houses. 30/50 amp electric hookups are available at 26 campsites. Potable water and a dump station (on the entry road) are available. Each campsite has a picnic table with a fire ring. The campground has a pet friendly area with some electric hookup sites. The campground opens the second Friday in April and closes the third Sunday in October.
We found the two bath houses were clean, but it took an unusually long time for the water to get warm. There were signs posted telling campers to let the water run for 3 minutes before using the showers. Even then it wasn’t very hot. To our surprise, we found each bath house had a laundry room with one washer and one dryer for campers to use.
There isn’t a camp store, but as mentioned above, the campground is located about 15 minutes by car to stores, places to eat, and other amenities.
In addition to the park’s trails, there’s a swimming beach, boat launches (1 within the campground), a horseshoe pit, sand volleyball court and a playground. Additional activities at Tobyhanna State Park include fishing (we caught and released some good size fish), hunting, picnicking in the day-use area by the swimming beach, boating (electric motors and self-propelled only), wild-life watching and mountain biking. There are plenty of additional things to do within a ½ hour drive, with Scranton to the west and the Poconos to the east.
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Visitors to the park, especially campers, should be aware that bears are common in the campground area. It’s important to keep your food either locked inside your car or in your RV. We didn’t see any bears during our stay, but during our first trip to Tobyhanna a few years ago, a bear did visit the campsite next to ours.
We enjoyed our stay at Tobyhanna State Park - especially the fishing! If you'd like to view a video review of the campground, please click here to view it. Our adventures during our stay at the state park will be featured in the next blog post - so check back soon!
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