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 4^th 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 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!

Word on Main Street in White Haven is that since the polling place has been moved to the White Haven Library, outta sight outta mind, so let’s go biking in the Poconos!

Voting vs. Biking in the Poconos this fall foliage season is a no brainer! This fall foliage season has been some of the best weather all year! With the Indian Summer coming a little early and giving us this awesome weather we currently have, according to weather.com it is forecasted to continue through next week!

Voting requires research, decision making and a high expectation emotional investment. It creates community division, arguments, divorce and ultimately voter failure as the rich are getting richer and the poor well they are still poor.

With trails for every ability, unlike voting the whole family can go biking in the poconos! The Jim Thorpe to White Haven, PA Poconos area is a great place to skip your “public duty to vote” and GO BIKING! Jim Thorpe and the surrounding areas of Carbon County, Pennsylvania are well-known as a Mecca for mountain biking to see the amazing fall foliage. Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, advanced, or expert you’ll find your trail here and see the wonderful spectacle of the fall season. Biking in the Poconos is way more fun than voting!

This week’s Pocono Bike Rental Fall Foliage Blog report is once again summarized with information compiled from: The PA DCNR 2015 Fall Foliage Report, The Foliage Network Northeast Region Report for the week of October 29, 2015 and the Pocono Mountains Visitor’s Bureau Fall Foliage Report.

Nothing signals the advent of autumn in Pennsylvania like the changing color of the state’s landscape, when entire forests transform into glittering displays of reds, yellows and purples. This week brought some warm temperatures with cold nights and then a chunk of hurricane influenced rain gave us some added winds that forced some leave spillage and now the trail has an ample amount of color to ride alongside. Lots of color still exists on the trees and the more south you go towards Jim Thorpe the large Poconos Fall Foliage color palette is still vibrantly on display.

The other signal of fall, unfortunately is the 1,000’s of Political signs dotting the highways. The dichotomy of it all makes more sense as we begin to reflect on the cranial archive of the famous motivational speeches that veiled the corrupt political agendas. No empty promises biking in the crisp fall air, you know you are alive and you know what’s real and what is smoke and mirrors.

For more fun,take a journey back in time the way folks used to travel long distances post invention of the steam engine.

Next weekend be sure to check out the Scenic Bike Train November 7th and 8th spanning White Haven to Jim Thorpe! Enjoy this relaxing train ride the full length of the Magnificent Lehigh Gorge for 25 miles. After you reach White Haven come a block North to 322 Main Street is where you will go to get fitted for your bike rental, get your helmet, map and high five! We will give you a set of safety instructions and then you will pedal your bike back down the 2-4% grade to Jim Thorpe at your own pace (approx. 4 hours) along the Lehigh Gorge Rail-Trail. We will be there to retrieve the bike at the end. The last Bike/Train of the season occurs next weekend so get a train only ticket and come to 322 Main Street, White Haven, PA to rent your economy, sport, comfort or expert 29er’ bike and head down the trail! 

The Lehigh Gorge State Park in the Poconos, PA offers by far the best fall foliage views in the world!

America can claim a lot of things, some say it is the best country in the world to live in, other’s say that it offer’s the best opportunity for prosperity and happiness, one thing is for sure, we would all agree it is one of the most beautiful places in the world to live in. That being said making a statement as World’s Best Fall Foliage, as well the area in Pennsylvania known as the Pocono’s staking this claim as their own, makes for an interesting argument, but one in which offers the most compelling botanical evidence.

“Pennsylvania has a longer and more varied fall foliage season than any other state in the nation — or anywhere in the world frankly, and right now it’s in FULL SWING!” We made this claim last month and we stand by it. The evidence is clear we have the best region in the world (White Haven, Poconos, PA) hosting the largest fall foliage color pallette,  longest viewing season and easiest access across hundreds of miles of hiking and biking trails.

From White Haven to Jim Thorpe we are at the epicenter of the fall foliage and we are in it’s peak right now! The warm temperatures this week have extended the Pocono Biking season into November. Our brief overnight frost last weekend, we don’t think this was the one that predicates when the last breath of summer traditionally known as “Indian Summer” has passed us.  We think it will happen the first week of November (weather experts and reports tell us), these temperatures will stick around briefly, then carry us nicely into our next season of outdoor biking and winter adventure sports fun!

“The Peak has passed in New England, New York and Northern PA as well many of the higher and northern elevations in the Poconos region.  The best viewing is now shifting toward the southern Poconos of the Appalachian Mountain chain, the lower lying inland regions and the coast. Leaf drop throughout the region is mostly moderate, with higher drop where peak color has passed.” (This information provided by Marek D. Rzonca, The Foliage Network www.FoliageNetwork.com/.)

$19.95 Poconos Fall Foliage tours are offered in only one place, Pocono Bike Rental! 

The Poconos Fall Foliage peak is set for October 22nd, according to the Pocono Mountains Visitor’s Bureau website.

Week of Thursday, October 15, 2015 – Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Northern Tier: The Northern Hardwood forests are in full color. The Oaks should be in full color this week and will hail the end of the color for the northern tier. While you are out mountain biking, make sure you look out for the bright orange of the Red Oaks and dark red of the White Oaks. The Wyoming Valley and Lower Wayne county area should be in peak color by the end of the week into next weekend so check out the rail trail biking with a bike rental from Pocono Bike Rental!

Central Region: All of the trees in the region should be at their peak fall foliage color this week. The Oak trees have really started to show their colors in the last few days. They are displaying a wonderful array of pigmentation. From russet orange to deep bronze, and auburn reds to a crimson hue.

Southern Poconos: Autumn’s coloration is nearing its glory. The reds of the Red Maple and Virginia Creeper, the deep maroons of Black Gum, oranges of Sassafras, and the brilliant yellows of Black Birch and Cherry provide striking displays along the roadways and across the landscape.  Most of the landscape is covered with Red, Black, Scarlet, Chestnut, and White Oaks which are just beginning to reveal their autumn colors. Over the next week or so, the Red and Scarlet Oaks will turn red, Black Oaks will show a russet brown along with Chestnut Oaks, and the White Oak leaves will turn to a purplish red color that is one of the favored colors of autumn. The mountains around Jim Thorpe and the forests in Hickory Run State Park provide excellent opportunities to see, to explore and  to enjoy nature at its finest! The projected date for peak color is October 22, 2015.

Fall Foliage Activities:

The Pocono Food Truck Festival with over 20 food trucks, a food network celebrity, live music, scenic chairlift rides is at Shawnee on the Delaware this weekend. There is always stuff going on in Jim Thorpe for the Fall Foliage Festival that happens there the first 3 weekends in October and concludes October 18th. Bushkill Falls is truly an amazing experience this time of year during the fall foliage! The Lake Harmony area brings you up close to the water reflecting the full spectrum of color during the fall season.

The Lehigh Gorge State Park is by far the best place to view the fall foliage up close and in all it’s vast glory by biking in the Poconos! Check out the White Haven area to stay and go see the fall foliage while mountain biking with us here at Pocono Bike Rentals.

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry Weekly Fall Foliage Report: October 14, 2015

Some information used with permission by the DCNR and was excerpted from:
Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau and more fall foliage information can be found on their website. Their Fall Foliage Peak map can also be found on our fall foliage bike tours page.
The DCNR Penn’s Woods Fall Foliage Webpage
Why Do Autumn Leaves Change Color?
Penn’s Woods Fall Foliage Interactive Story Maps

Poconos Fall Foliage tours are offered in only one place, Pocono Bike Rental! See the fall foliage and stay in shape at the same time!