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2_Retired
Oct 15, 2016Explorer
Our family winter camped at Otter Lake CG in East Stroudsburg, Pa (southern end of the Poconos) for about 7 years. We loved it! No water available but the bath houses are open. There is a large indoor pool with hot tub and a lot to do in the area. There are sewered sites too. We just used gallon jugs of water for the toilet, showered in the bath houses (warm!) and either washed dishes at the large sinks they provided at the bath houses (definitely not the ones in the bathroom!) OR - got a 2.5 gal plastic jug with a'petcock' on it (lets water flow or not) for cold water and found an old banquet sized coffee pot at a garage sale (the great big ones) - filled it with water and turned it on for our hot water supply for cleaning! Nothing better than a big campfire when it matters - if you're really lucky it just might start to snow! Several great snowing/snowboard choices close by too. Alpine Mountain for beginners, Shawnee, Camelback just to name a few our sons enjoyed. There's also a huge outlet shopping mall in the area. In addition, Otter Lake does, in fact, have a nice lake. Some people do ice fishing, and many there in the winter have snow mobiles. It abuts a large state forest with many trails. Haven't been there in over 10 years, but it's worth checking out. ABout 2 hours from the Jersey Shore. Seems like it might be closer from NYC because we had to go both North and West.
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