Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Long Pond, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
  Long Pond  Long Pond | |
| Coordinates: 41°03′12″N 75°27′47″W / 41.05333°N 75.46306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Monroe |
| Township | Tunkhannock |
| Elevation | 1,873 ft (571 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 18334 |
| Area code(s) | 570 and 272 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1204053[1] |
Long Pond is an unincorporated community in Monroe County in the Pocono Mountains region of Pennsylvania, a part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its ZIP code is 18334.
Long Pond is a sparsely populated, rural area. It has a population of roughly ~7000 persons, and the demographics are approximately: 54.6% Caucasian/White, 26.4% African American,5% Asian, and 13% Hispanic. [2]At $180,000 the average home value here is a bit higher than average. The median age is 39. The median age for men is 38 while for women the median age is 40. [3]
Long Pond is named after the unique wetland topography formed by the Tunkhannock Creek. Within the Long Pond community, public access lands are owned and protected by The Bethlehem Authority [4], Nature Conservancy[5], Wildlands Conservancy [6]County of Monroe Open Space Program, and PA Department of Forest and Waters[7]. Long Pond is home to many species of globally rare, threatened, and endangered plants and animals and has been described as one of the last "great places".[8] [9][10]
Economically, Long Pond is primarily known as the location of Pocono Raceway, a track which hosts two annual NASCAR Cup Series races, the Pocono 400 in early June and the Gander Outdoors 400 in late July, the IndyCar Series event ABC Supply 500 in August, and other events.
In July 1972 the Concert 10 rock festival brought thousands to Long Pond. Edgar Winter, Three Dog Night, the Faces featuring Rod Stewart, and others performed during the two day festival.
The climate of Long Pond PA is variable, and ecosystems vary considerably. Ecosystems range from glacial till barrens habitat, known for frost pockets and globally rare flowering species and associated insects. Mixed hardwood deciduous forests and vast peat bog swamps. Frost pockets can occur in this region in typically frost free months of June, July, and August.
Tunkhannock Creek
The 17-mile Tunkhannock Creek, which flows out of Half Moon Lake north of Interstate 80, is a tributary of Tobyhanna Creek. Tobyhanna Creek flows into the Lehigh River, which is a major tributary to the Delaware River. The Tunkhannock Creek basin drains approximately 32.1 square miles of the Glaciated Pocono Plateau and consists of 47.7 total stream miles. The upper reaches of the basin is best described as low gradient, and is dominated by pool/glide channel morphology, naturally lacking riffles.[11]
Tunkhannock creek is designated as exceptional value (EV), due to its abundance of life, and water quality and quantity by the PA DEP [12]. The National Audubon Society named the Long Pond section of the Tunkhannock Creek watershed an "Important Bird Area in Pennsylvania. Tunkhannock creek hosts the following animals of special concern: American bittern, northern harrier, osprey, whip-poor-will, Noctuid, sallow, pointed sallow, November, blueberry gray, sundew cutworm, barrens Itame, twilight, pink sallow, Zale, pine barrens Zale.
Along the creek, (Chamaedaphne calyculata) is dominant or co-dominant with sweet-gale (Myrica gale) and the shrubs are typically one-meter high and very dense. Other low shrubs like rhodora (Rhododendron canadense), sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia), black chokeberry (Photinia melanocarpa), Labrador-tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum), and bog laurel (Kalmia polifolia) are common. Tall shrubs like highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), swamp azalea (Rhododendron viscosum), witherod (Viburnum cassinoides), alder (Alnus spp.), and arrow-wood (Viburnum recognitum) as well as red maple (Acer rubrum), red spruce (Picea rubens), tamarack (Larix laricina), and pitch pine (Pinus rigida) saplings are scattered throughout. [13]
Notable people
- Rob Ramos, actor and equality activist
References
- ^ "Long Pond". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/tunkhannocktownshipmonroecountypennsylvania/RHI225219#RHI225219
- ^ https://www.movoto.com/demographics/pa/18334/
- ^ https://bethlehemauthority.org/public-access#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20Bethlehem%20Authority's,(PGC)%20Public%20Access%20program.
- ^ https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/long-pond-preserve-and-hauser-nature-center/
- ^ https://www.wildlandspa.org/mapletract/
- ^ https://trails.dcnr.pa.gov/trails/trail/trailview?trailkey=654
- ^ https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/HabitatManagement/Documents/IMA%2038%20Long%20Pond%20Preserve.pdf
- ^ https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1988-07-05-2657294-story.html
- ^ https://www.jstor.org/stable/2996782
- ^ https://files.dep.state.pa.us/Water/Drinking%20Water%20and%20Facility%20Regulation/WaterQualityPortalFiles/Stream_Packages/TunkhannockCreek_DraftReport.pdf
- ^ https://files.dep.state.pa.us/Water/Drinking%20Water%20and%20Facility%20Regulation/WaterQualityPortalFiles/Existing%20Use/EU%20table%20list.pdf
- ^ http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/Community.aspx?=30018
- ^ https://issuu.com/poconolivingmagazine/docs/plm_aprmay_2021/s/11893467
- ^ https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/HabitatManagement/Documents/IMA%2038%20Long%20Pond%20Preserve.pdf
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