Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania

About Mount Pocono

Set in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, Mount Pocono is a small town counting 3,039 people who proudly call it home.

Mount Pocono holds the status of a borough — a form of municipal government most common in the Northeast. The community covers 3.45 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 881 residents per square mile.

📰 Mount Pocono News Today

• Lee Alverson - A Tribute to Elton John | Mount Pocono, PA | August 8 DiscoverNEPA · Aug 8
• Mount Pocono Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22
• 17 Heath Ln, Mount Pocono, PA 18344 realtor.com · May 28
• Ernest William Gross Obituary | William H Clark Funeral Home Inc | Stroudsburg, PA Tribute Archive · Jul 30
• Pocono Mountain Carnival | Mount Pocono, PA | July 17 DiscoverNEPA · Jul 17

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Mount Pocono Unique

• The only place in America named Mount Pocono — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in northeastern Pennsylvania, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Pennsylvania — one of 2,002 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Mount Pocono

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Mount Pocono

• Bailey's — steak house
• Desaki Restaurant — japanese
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• All Caribbean — caribbean
• Bella Villa — pizza
• Bistecca by Il Mulino — italian
• Brother Bruno's — pizza
• Café Matto (café)
• Chinatown — chinese
• Five Star II — chinese

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Rec Room · Arcade
• Wills Mansion Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Mount Pocono

• Borough Hall Park reviews ★
• Fieldstone Farm Tank Creek Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Glacier Lake Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Hemlock Sanctuary · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Knauf Farm Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Little Park reviews ★
• Mount Airy Red Rock Trailhead reviews ★
• Posie's Park reviews ★
• Swiftwater Forest Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• The Roof reviews ★
• Wiley Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Mount Pocono

• Clear Run El Ctr
• Clear Run Intrmd Sch
• Pocono Mountain East HS
• Pocono Mountain East JHS
• Swiftwater El Ctr
• Swiftwater Interm Sch

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Mount Pocono

🏘️ Nearby Communities