THE POCONO PINES LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pocono High Plateau setting.
Pocono Pines CDP has 5.19 square miles of land in Monroe 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
Pocono Pines and Monroe County
Pocono Pines is associated with Monroe 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.
Pocono Pines by land and water
The Census records 0.5 square miles of water within Pocono Pines, or 8.7% of its total area. It is 7.3 percentage points higher than the 1.4% recorded for Monroe County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pocono Pines CDP has 10.3% of the land area of nearby Tobyhanna township (50.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

