Tannersville, Pennsylvania

Entering Tannersville sign on Pennsylvania Route 715 with the community and Pennsylvania Route 611 in the background

The village of Tannersville, in Pocono Township, Pennsylvania, is the site of the popular Camelback Ski Area and Camelbeach Waterpark. It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 883 feet (269 m). As of 2000, the population of Tannersville (ZIP Code 18372) was 2,784. The community is served by the 629 exchange in Area Code 570.

Tannersville was founded in approximately 1750 by John Larner, formerly of Philadelphia. Tannersville, according to one historian, was first called Pocono Point. Many Indian trails were later widened for stagecoach use, and later evolved into highways. Two of the most famous of these are Lackawanna Trail (now Rt. 611) through Tannersville and Sullivan's Trail. Learned's Tavern (which most recently was under the name Alpen Hof, and which burned down in 2000) was established along the Lackawanna Trail, and in 1779, was the last building on the frontier. On June 18, 1779, General John Sullivan and his soldiers camped at the Learn's or Learned's Tavern. They then cut a road (now Sullivan's Trail) through the wilderness. Tannersville also consists of The Crossings: Premium Outlets, a major tourist attraction.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Tannersville.

• "Tannersville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 2 August 1979. Retrieved 17 June 2009. 

Municipalities and communities of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States County seat: Stroudsburg Boroughs Delaware Water Gap East Stroudsburg Mount Pocono Stroudsburg Townships Barrett Chestnuthill Coolbaugh Eldred Hamilton Jackson Middle Smithfield Paradise Pocono Polk Price Ross Smithfield Stroud Tobyhanna Tunkhannock CDPs Arlington Heights Brodheadsville Effort Emerald Lakes Gouldsboro‡ Indian Mountain Lake‡ Mountainhome Penn Estates Pocono Pines Saw Creek‡ Saylorsburg Sierra View Sun Valley Unincorporated communities Analomink Bartonsville Blakeslee Canadensis Cresco Gilbert Hamilton Square Henryville Jonas Kresgeville Kunkletown Long Pond Marshalls Creek McMichael Meisertown Neola Paradise Valley Pocono Manor Pocono Summit Reeders Sciota Scotrun Shawnee on Delaware Skytop Snydersville Swiftwater Tannersville Tobyhanna Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county

Coordinates: 41°02′24″N 75°18′22″W / 41.040°N 75.306°W / 41.040; -75.306