PA Getaway

State park · Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County

Gouldsboro State Park

Gouldsboro State Park: Wetland, Gouldsboro State Park, Monroe and Wayne Counties
Photo: Nicholas from Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A sandy beach and a broad lake surrounded by the scrubby woods and wetlands of the Pocono Plateau, with a trail through the forest to neighboring Tobyhanna State Park.

What you will find

  • Hiking trails
  • Biking
  • Mountain biking
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Swimming
  • Beach
  • Boat launch
  • Canoe and kayak launch
  • Fishing
  • Picnic areas
  • Wildlife and bird watching

Hunting is permitted here in season. Check the state hunting calendar and wear blaze orange in fall and winter.

Make a day of it

Nearby

  • Tobyhanna State Park

    State park · 4 miles away

    Wetlands and scrub forest of the Pocono Plateau surround a lake with a sandy beach, a campground and a level trail around its shore, linked by trail to Gouldsboro State Park.

  • Pinchot State Forest

    State forest · 8 miles away

    Named for conservationist Gifford Pinchot, these northeastern tracts include the Pinchot Trail, a long loop through boggy plateau woods, hardwoods and laurel thickets.

  • Big Pocono State Park

    State park · 13 miles away

    A road winds to the top of Camelback Mountain, where rocky trails and lookouts take in the Poconos and stretch on clear days into two neighboring states.

  • Promised Land State Park

    State park · 15 miles away

    Two lakes on the Pocono Plateau, ringed by Civilian Conservation Corps cabins, beaches and campgrounds, with trails into the Bruce Lake Natural Area and the surrounding state forest.