Skiers and snowboarders gravitate to major resort areas like Camelback Ski Area, Jack Frost Mountain and Big Boulder and the Shawnee Mountain Ski area. Automobile racing fans love to visit the Pocono Raceway, which hosts several major races every year. There are seven state parks in the region as well as one national park, the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. For the outdoors enthusiast, the Pocono Mountains have everything you need and desire. When you add in casino gaming, a major racetrack and phenomenal golf courses, the Pocono Mountains region appeals to, well, just about everybody. A green canvas of wooded hills and valleys, this region is a recreation haven in the summer for fishing, hunting, mountain hiking, horseback riding and whitewater rafting as well as a popular winter sports destination.
