THE BIG BASS LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pocono High Plateau setting.
Big Bass Lake CDP has 4.13 square miles of land in Lackawanna County, Wayne County. Its Census reference point is in Pocono High Plateau, within North Central Appalachians.
Forest-covered plateau surfaces, high hills and low mountains are underlain by layered sedimentary rocks. Most of this region escaped continental glaciation, leaving deeply cut upland terrain.
Regional context: North Central Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Big Bass Lake intersects 2 county geographies: Lackawanna County, Wayne County. A Big Bass Lake mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Big Bass Lake by land and water
The Census records 0.24 square miles of water within Big Bass Lake, or 5.5% of its total area. It is 2.6 percentage points higher than the 2.8% recorded for Pennsylvania. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Big Bass Lake CDP has 1.6 times the land area of nearby Gouldsboro CDP (2.57 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

