East Stroudsburg is the borough just across Brodhead Creek from Stroudsburg: about 2.5 square miles and more than 10,000 people, incorporated in 1870. It grew up as the railroad and industrial center of Monroe County and is home to East Stroudsburg University, founded in 1893.
It's a handy base for the eastern Poconos: the Delaware Water Gap is about 10 minutes away, and Stroudsburg's Main Street is right next door.
Things to do
- Dansbury Park, Day Street: a heated public pool with zero-depth entry and slides (open since 1938), a playground, tennis courts, a skate court and ball fields. No alcohol in borough parks.
- Levee Loop Trail: a 4.5-mile walking, biking and running loop along Brodhead Creek through East Stroudsburg, Stroudsburg and Stroud Township, starting at Dansbury Park.
- Zacharias Park (off East Third Street) has a duck pond, playground and wooded trail; Miller Park is a pocket park on Crystal Street.
- Dansbury Farmers Market, Crystal and Analomink streets: Wednesday mornings, June through October.
- Stroudsburg's Main Street, the Sherman Theater and the Delaware Water Gap are all within about 10 minutes.
Sources: East Stroudsburg: recreation · Monroe County farmers markets
Groceries and essentials
- Weis Markets, 695 North Courtland Street.
- GIANT, 300 Lincoln Avenue.
- Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection, Pocono Plaza, 310 Lincoln Avenue.
- ALDI and ShopRite are a few minutes away in Stroudsburg.
- Emergency room: Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono's Mattioli Emergency Center, 206 East Brown Street (570-421-4000), open 24 hours. In an emergency, call 911.
Sources: Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono
Driving
- I-80 Exit 308 (Prospect Street) serves East Stroudsburg. PennDOT is rebuilding the interchange with new ramps and roundabouts, so expect construction there through 2027.
- Drive times without traffic: Delaware Water Gap about 10 minutes, Camelback about 25, Kalahari about 30, Lake Harmony about 45 and Jim Thorpe about an hour.
Sources: PennDOT: Exit 308 reconstruction
