THE PENN LAKE PARK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pocono High Plateau setting.
Penn Lake Park borough has 1.58 square miles of land in Luzerne 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 Lake Park and Luzerne County
Penn Lake Park is associated with Luzerne 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 Lake Park by land and water
The Census records 0.08 square miles of water within Penn Lake Park, or 5% of its total area. It is 3.2 percentage points higher than the 1.8% recorded for Luzerne County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Penn Lake Park borough has 4.6% of the land area of nearby Dennison township (34.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

