Where in PA?

By: Mrs. Mark and Mrs. Ellis’s fourth grade classes

Movement•Usually use cars and buses to travel•We are in a recreational area.•Mostly use Pocono Pony buses for public transportation

Regions

Near Bushkill Falls

Our school is located at 41.076 N Latitude : 75.108 W Longitude and is 3 miles from the center of our town.

White Heron Lake is near us.

Shawnee Mountain is the nearest ski mountain to us.

We are also near Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

Human-Environment Interaction

We have banks, a local state university, tourist attractions, stores, and a restaurant named Alaska Pete’s .

Due to an increase of population, more houses and a bypass are being built here.

Main transportation- car.

Recreation: snowboarding, skiing, golfing, hiking, hunting, sledding, and fishing.

Location

120 miles NE of state capital. About 3 miles west of Shawnee

Mountain (ski area).

Place

Average May Temp - 72ºF

Population - 10,411

Nearest State Park - Big Pocono State Park

History and Civics

July 5,1968 John Leap discovered a Mastodon skull in a peat bog.

Dangerous tractor trailer fire on June 26, 1964

Edward Marshall won the “Walking Purchase” contest.

Delaware (Lenni-Lenape) Indians

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