THE PENN FOREST LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pocono High Plateau setting.
Penn Forest township has 73.8 square miles of land in Carbon 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
Penn Forest and Carbon County
Penn Forest is associated with Carbon County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Penn Forest by land and water
The Census records 1.06 square miles of water within Penn Forest, or 1.4% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 1.6% recorded for Carbon County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Penn Forest township has 12.7 times the land area of nearby Towamensing Trails CDP (5.79 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

