June 3, 2016 White Haven, PA – Happy June everyone! The Poconos Summer Vacation Season is in full swing a little early this year! With temperatures consistently above 70 and reaching 80, low humidity this time of year, it is perfect for biking in the Poconos, PA! With affordable family fun at your fingertips from hundreds of hotel, bed and breakfast stay and play packages to online only specials that local Pocono outdoor adventure companies and summer Poconos attractions offer, there is a deal to be had around every corner. For more info check out the Pocono Bike Rental webpage at: The Pocono Mountains Visitor’s Bureau.
Our spring mountain biking season was awesome, Pocono Bike Rental in just it’s second spring in business was busy from Passover to Memorial Day weekend and served hundreds of satisfied guests while justly receiving a Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor.com! (TripAdvisor gives this award to accommodations, attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travelers.)
So having all these comments from our awesome customers about their adventures and experience while staying in the Poconos, we decided to come up with the top 10 reasons to spend your weekends in the Poconos this Summer 2016! So make it a memorable one immersing yourself in the great outdoors of the Poconos, Enjoy Enjoy!
#10. You can Pay it Forward in the Poconos! There are many charity events involving the great outdoors, be sure to check out the The Cultural Homestay International, it is a Foreign Exchange Student Experience PoconoBikeRental.com is promoting during the month of June to host young adults in the Poconos. For more details click here: (Referral CHI Flyer)
#9. The Poconos and it’s outdoor activities are a great way to celebrate things like; Father’s Day Fly Fishing on the Lehigh River, the many fireworks displays over the 4th of July weekend, graduation gifts like a mountain biking vacation, company whitewater rafting trips for top sales executives and team building, family reunions at resorts like Mountain Laurel or Split Rock with their Indoor Waterpark and their many family activities, bachelor and bachelorette parties at places like Shenanigans and Nick’s Lake House on Lake Harmony with boating and jet skiing during the day!
#8. The Poconos offers Affordable Family FUN! Check out PoconoBikeRental.com’s Online Whitewater Rafting Deals for 10% OFF, the Midweek Bike Rental and Tour for $24.95 with VIP shuttle, also; check out the Antonio’s Pizza and Subs Picnic Lunch Deal on the Specials page!
#7. The convenient location of (2 hours from NYC and Philadelphia) the historic town of White Haven, PA in the heart of the Poconos and its surrounding communities like Lake Harmony offer the best of the best the Poconos has to offer. Click here for directions.
#6. The weather is amazing up here on Top of the Pocono Plateau. Its untouched and protected natural landscape has its own microclimate always pushing the clouds away with a nice cool breeze resulting in low humidity. Some of the fauna, lichen, moss, flowers, trees, boulder fields, birds, butterflies and other animals are unique to the Poconos.
#5. SUP, no not slang for “What’s Up?” but America’s fastest growing sport, Stand-up Paddle-boarding. We know just the places to SUP in the Poconos; for Whitewater goSUP on the Lehigh River and for flatwater the Francis E. Walter Dam is close by for cruising and sun catching! You can even try SUP Yoga on Lake Nuangola: (Balance Yoga Outdoor Summer Activities – Front and Balance Outdoors Summer Schedule – Back) Check out Balance Yoga and Wellness’s hiking, acro and slack line yoga series that’s listed in the PDF and be sure to tell Corinne we said hello! For more info: BalanceNEPA.com
#4. White Haven, PA is the Poconos Disc Golf Mecca with over 4 courses! The NEW Linesville Park Disc Golf Course, 2+ courses @ the Francis E. Walter Dam and 1 @ Hickory Run State Park all boasting amazing scenery and wildlife within 6 miles of each other! PoconoBikeRental.com offers Disc Golf Tours, Bag and Disc Rentals and Lessons to learn how to Disc Golf in the Poconos.
#3. The Poconos Premier State Parks – The hiking, biking and whitewater rafting in the 3500+ acre Lehigh Gorge State Park along the mighty Lehigh River is an outdoor adventure freak’s paradise. The many waterfalls like Buttermilk Falls and the falls trail at Glen Onoko, provide epic views of the Lehigh Gorge. Its neighboring giant 6k acre, Hickory Run State Park with its towering, Hawk Falls (and multiple swimming holes), offer some of the best hiking trails on the East Coast! The camping there is First Rate from their tent sites to rentable cabins.
#2. Whitewater Rafting on the world famous class 3+ Lehigh River is arguably the highlight of the Poconos which is why you should make it a mandatory stop while on vacation in the Poconos. For the experienced boater the many surrounding Class 4 and 5 creeks make for epic runs! Aquatics don’t always have to be at indoor waterparks.
#1. Pocono Biking on the Lehigh Gorge Trail is second to none! With 10 new miles added, it now comprises 36 adventurous miles from the Black Diamond Trailhead in Glen Summit, PA near Mountaintop then finishing in Jim Thorpe! Located at the beginning of it, right at 322 Main Street is PoconoBikeRental.com where you can rent quality mountain bikes for just $19.95 per day! So come to the quaint historic town of White Haven, PA and this world famous Top 100 rail trail in America!
