Promised Land State Park

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Promised Land State Park is located in Pike County, Pennsylvania, near Greentown. The 3,000 acre park is completely surrounded by Delaware State Forest. Recreational opportunities include fishing, swimming, boating, horseback riding, trail biking, camping, and ice skating. The name is an ironic commentary created by immigrant residents in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries who had been dazzled by promotional promises of the supposed wonders of the land they were buying, reflecting their later relative disappointment.

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