Menu Tunkhannock & Vosberg Neck

Historic Tunkhannock Walking Tour

60 E. Tioga Street, Tunkhannock
GPS 41.538389 -75.946323 , C-6

Vosburg Neck Area Howland Preserve, Endless Mountains Nature Center, & Camp Lackawanna

GPS 41.549988 -76.009688 , C-5

Iroquois Trail

333 Sunnyside Road, Tunkhannock
, GPS 41.5391101 -75.9346652 , C-7

Seneca Trail & Eatonville Pedestrian Bridge

Village Lane & Church Road, Eatonville
GPS 41.5146715 -75.9637123 , D-6

Susquehanna River Water Trail

Laceyville to Falls, 33 miles. Mountain scenery, canal remnants, several islands open to camping. Class I-II

Bowman Creek

SR 292 to Eatonville, 6 miles. Easy rapids, pools. Class I-II

Meshoppen Creek

Kaiserville to Meshoppen, 7 miles. Class V. A very challenging stream for experts.

Lower Mehoopany Creek

Forkston to Mehoopany, 6 miles. Easier rapids, creek often braids. Class I-II.

Tunkhannock Creek

Nicholson to Tunkhannock, 16 miles. Riffles, rapids, and pools that change some each year with snow melts and floods. Class I-III

Lake Carey

182 acres. This natural lake is accessible to the public. The land around the lake is privately owned. B-7

Oxbow Lake

60 acre natural lake. Fishing from shore only. No boats permitted. Avery Station Road, Lemon Township, B-7

Stevens Lake

62 acres. This shallow lake features forests and fields with a marshy inlet. Permit needed. B-6

Bob Massaker Sports Complex

6 Sunnyside Road, Tunkhannock
GPS 41.5386187 -75.9351719 , C-7

Endless Mountains Nature Center & Camp Lackawanna

1219 Vosburg Road, Tunkhannock
GPS 41.5346866 -76.0305766 , C-5
endlessnature.org

Howland Preserve

546 Vosburg Road, Tunkhannock
GPS 41.549988 -76.009688 , C-5
howlandpreserve.com and nblt.org/ lands-we-own/howland-preserve

Lazy Brook Park (Lazybrook)

152 Lazy Brook Park, Tunkhannock
GPS 41.5531479 -75.8994527 , C-7
570-836-3934

Meshoppen Community Park

Canal Street, Meshoppen
GPS 41.6144714 -76.0488323 , B-5

Mehoopany Park & Playground

310 Schoolhouse Hill Road, Mehoopany
GPS 41.568721 -76.062716 , C-4

Riverside Park

River Street, Tunkhannock
GPS 41.5359562 -75.956341 , C-6
570-836-1548

3: Vosburg Neck

The best area for birdwatching in the county. Easy birding by road or on miles of trails along the river and through 1,000 acres of mixed lowland and upland forests. Breeding species include Bald Eagles, American Woodcocks, Indigo Buntings, warblers, orioles, cuckoos, and flycatchers. Three organizations operate on the Neck: Endless Mountains Nature Center, Camp Lackawanna, and Howland Preserve.

4: Iroquois Trail

A 1.8 mile trail on a former railroad bed through mixed forest with plenty of migrating warblers. Songbirds include tanagers, grosbeaks, buntings, cuckoos, and orioles are also present.

5: Lazy Brook Park (Lazybrook)

A great place for picnicking and casual bird watching. Tunkhannock Creek flows next to the park attracting numerous bird species. Louisiana Waterthrush, Warbling Vireo, Blackthroated Green Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, Mallard and mergansers.

6: Lake Carey

Park at Mason Road and walk around the lake (3.3 miles) to view a wide variety of migrating waterfowl including scaup, grebes, terns and gulls, and loons. Kingfishers, herons, and eagles are present in summer.

7: Oxbow Lake

Look for migrating ducks including scaup, Ring-necked, Wood, Pintail and spring migrants at this PA Fish & Boat Commission lake access and parking area that is handicap accessible. A trail around the lake is open seasonally. Please refrain from entering the area reserved for summer campers.