Paddling near Lackawaxen, PA

Lackawaxen sits at the confluence of the Lackawaxen and Delaware Rivers in Pike County, at the southern end of a paddling corridor that stretches through the Pocono Mountains. The Lackawaxen River runs roughly 31 miles through Wayne and Pike Counties, threading rocky gorges and dense forest, while the Upper Delaware adds miles of canoe-and-kayak-friendly water with Class I–II rapids and calmer stretches in between.