Lake Wallenpaupack Guide
Where to Stay Around Lake Wallenpaupack
Lake Wallenpaupack is one of Pennsylvania's oldest resort economies. The lake's creation in 1926 immediately triggered a hotel-building boom in Hawley — the Singer family opened a 14-room inn that's now Silver Birches, and the Hawley Chamber of Commerce built the hotel that became the Settlers Inn. A century later, that history is still what makes lodging here unusual: you can book a 1920s Arts & Crafts inn, a converted 1890s glass factory turned boutique hotel, an all-inclusive family resort, a lakeside campsite, or a private cottage with a boat assigned to it — all within about 20 minutes of each other.
Geography sorts the options. Hawley is the commercial hub and holds the densest cluster of rooms — historic hotels, boutique properties, motels along Route 6, and the Woodloch family of resorts. Lakeville, on the northeast side, is home to Cove Haven, the couples resort famous as the birthplace of the heart-shaped hot tub. Greentown and Tafton sit on the quieter south/west approaches, closer to Promised Land State Park's cabins and campgrounds and to lakefront cottage clusters.
Demand is real and mostly out-of-market — the region draws heavily from New York and Philadelphia — so July–August lake weekends and October foliage weekends are the tightest windows, while spring and November are the softest. Pick your category first, then your town.
Resorts & Spas
Lodge At Woodloch
4.8 (705)Hawley
All-inclusive adults' destination spa resort on 500+ wooded acres with a 15-acre private lake and 40,000 sq ft spa.
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Woodloch Pines Inc
Hawley
Family-run since 1958, a four-season all-inclusive family resort on its own private lake.
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Woodloch Springs
4.5 (180)Hawley
Golf resort community with an 18-hole championship course and rental homes.
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Cove Haven Resort
Lakeville
Couples-only resort with 256 suites on Lake Wallenpaupack — birthplace of the heart-shaped hot tub.
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Historic Inns & Boutique Hotels
Settlers Inn
4.5 (1035)Hawley
1927 Arts & Crafts lodge, Historic Hotels of America member, farm-to-table restaurant on 6 acres.
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Ledges Hotel
4.4 (724)Hawley
A five-story 1890s glass-factory building carved into cliffs above Paupack High Falls.
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Hotel Belvidere
4.6 (163)Hawley
Turn-of-the-century landmark on Main Ave with an on-site Italian restaurant and pub.
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Silver Birches
Hawley
Lakefront resort descended from the original 1926 Singer inn, with vintage cottages.
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Academy Street Bed & Breakfast
5.0 (9)Hawley
A restored Italianate Victorian offering B&B charm at near-motel pricing.
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Motels & Cottages
East Shore Lodging
4.9 (313)Hawley
Boutique motel directly across Route 6 from the lake, steps from the walking trail and beach.
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Greshams Lake View Motel
4.4 (366)Hawley
Family-owned since 1952, lake-view rooms with on-site Gresham's Chop House.
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Martins Lakefront Cottage
4.6 (49)Tafton
Full-kitchen cottages on Fairview Lake, each with an assigned boat.
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Hi-Country Cottages
4.5 (46)Greentown
Motel units and cabins on PA-390, surrounded by Promised Land State Park.
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Lukan's Farm Resort
4.9 (239)Hawley
75+ years family-run, rates include family-style breakfast and dinner from their own garden.
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Camping & RV
The four lakeside campgrounds on Lake Wallenpaupack itself — Wilsonville, Ironwood Point, Ledgedale and Caffrey — are Brookfield Renewable recreation areas, each run by its own resident director who handles registrations. Brookfield's published camping season runs from the last Saturday in April through the third Sunday in October, and individual listings for Wilsonville show roughly early May to mid-October, so confirm opening and closing dates with the area director for the season you are booking. [Lake Wallenpaupack camping brochure via safewaters.com + Brookfield/PFBC lake pages, 2026-09-14]
Promised Land State Park, a few miles southwest in Greentown, is the larger and more varied camping option: six camping areas plus the 12 CCC-built rustic cabins of the Bear Wallow colony. Seasons differ by area — Whittaker's 106 sites run early April to mid-October, Lower Lake's 48 sites early May to mid-October, Rhododendron's 63 sites late May to early September, and Deerfield and Pines open Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Pickerel Point is the exception: limited campsites and its camping cottages stay open year-round. DCNR is also adding 10 Timberline Glamping sites at the park in 2026. [pa.gov DCNR Promised Land State Park, 2026-09-14]
Ledgedale Recreation Area
Greentown
70 wooded campsites with electric/water, a boat launch, kayak rentals and a camp store.
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Ironwood Point Recreation Area
4.3 (145)Greentown
Wooded family camping directly on the lake edge with fishing and boating access.
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Wilsonville Recreation Area
4.3 (208)Hawley
~160 sites directly on the lake with boat slips and a launch, open roughly May through November.
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Caffrey Recreation Area
4.2 (71)Lakeville
Camping with boat storage/launch and fire rings.
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Promised Land State Park
4.7 (2956)Greentown
CCC-era rustic cabins plus multiple campgrounds inside 3,000 acres of state park.
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Off-Season & Winter Stays
November through March is the softest, cheapest stretch of the year here, with one clear exception: Hawley Winterfest, confirmed for December 11-13, 2026, with the Santa parade through downtown on Saturday December 12 at 11:00am. That weekend books out first, and Hawley's total room count is small, so treat it like a summer lake weekend. [poconomountains.com + discovernepa.com event listings, 2026-09-14]
Camping does not fully close. The Brookfield lakeside campgrounds shut after the third Sunday in October, but Promised Land State Park is open every day of the year, and Pickerel Point keeps limited campsites and its heated camping cottages available year-round with online reservations through 888-PA-PARKS. [pa.gov DCNR Promised Land State Park, 2026-09-14]
For rooms rather than sites, the walkable downtown Hawley properties are the practical off-season base — The Settlers Inn sits at the gateway to Main Street with 23 rooms and suites, and Ledges Hotel is a few minutes away above the Paupack High Falls gorge, which freezes into the area's best winter view. Winter availability and packages change year to year, so confirm directly with the property. [thesettlersinn.com and ledgeshotel.com, 2026-09-14]
Settlers Inn
4.5 (1035)Hawley
23 rooms and extended-stay suites on six acres at the gateway to Main Street — the closest historic hotel to the Winterfest footprint, with a farm-to-table restaurant on site.
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Ledges Hotel
4.4 (724)Hawley
Boutique rooms in an 1890s glass factory with multi-tiered decks over Paupack High Falls; the frozen gorge is the winter draw.
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Promised Land State Park
4.7 (2956)Greentown
Open 365 days a year; Pickerel Point's limited sites and camping cottages are the area's only year-round camping.
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Woodloch Pines Inc
Hawley
A four-season all-inclusive family resort, so holiday weeks and winter breaks are peak rather than off-season here.
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Cove Haven Resort
Lakeville
Couples resort on the lake with indoor pools and nightly entertainment, which is why it keeps selling winter romance stays.
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