Just Listed in the Poconos: Contemporary with a Rustic Accent in Pocono Lake
This house in Arrowhead Lake offers plenty of room for entertainment and family fun on its mostly-open main floor and in its large backyard.
Very civilized, but with just a hint of the rustic, this contemporary house at 241 Wyalusing Dr., Pocono Lake, PA 18342 is ideally situated and equipped for year-round enjoyment. / Photography by Steven Wallace Photography via the Pocono Mountains Association of Realtors MLS and Pocono Area Realty – Benz Group LLC
Most of the manmade lakes that dot the Poconos were created so that their owners could harvest ice from them in the winter in the late 19th century.
The development of electric refrigeration rendered them obsolete for this purpose, but many of them started sprouting houses around them beginning in the 1960s.
The developers who bought the lakes turned them into resort communities with amenities such as beaches, clubhouses, sports courts and ski slopes. And because the lakes freeze and snow falls on the mountains in the winter, the Poconos offer year-round recreational opportunities.
As winter begins this month, those lakes will soon freeze over. That means now is a good time to start thinking about what you might do on a frozen lake. This Pocono Lake rustic contemporary house for sale is a good place for you to do the thinking.
It’s located in the Arrowhead Lake subdivision. Located a few miles up the road from Blakeslee and Pocono Pines, this community boasts two lakes, four beaches, three swimming pools, playgrounds, basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, and a lodge with a library, fitness center and billiard room. And its two lakes were created for ice-harvesting as well.
Foyer
You pass from the front vestibule into a spacious foyer. Doors lead from it to the dining room and kitchen.
Dining room
The dining room and kitchen have knotty pine ceilings and hardwood floors.
Kitchen
The modern kitchen is a study in black and white that contrasts nicely with the wood ceiling.
Living room
Low railings separate the dining room and kitchen from the sunken living room. The living room has a vaulted ceiling that rises to the second floor and a full-height stone fireplace.
Family room
A short hallway runs past the kitchen’s breakfast bar and leads to the family room. Right now, it has its own games, but you could put it to whatever use you wanted. One of this house’s four bedrooms and one of its two full bathrooms are also located on the main floor.
Primary bedroom
The other three are upstairs. The primary bedroom has a wood accent wall, a cathedral ceiling and a large fanlight window.
Second-floor bathroom
It shares its bathroom with the other two second-floor bedrooms via a doorway from the hall.
Rear patio
In back you will find a large deck with a gravel patio and fire pit behind it.
Rear exterior, deck and patio
In the summer, you can go boating, swimming and fishing on both of Arrowhead Lake’s lakes; this Pocono Lake rustic contemporary house for sale is closer to North Arrowhead Lake. In the winter, once the lake freezes solidly enough — and despite climate change, it still should — you can go ice skating on the lake. And you can take in nature all year round in the state game lands and forests that surround Arrowhead Lake.
Between what you find in Arrowhead Lake and what you find around it, you shouldn’t lack for fun things to do when you spend time in this Pocono Lake rustic contemporary house for sale, no matter whether it’s summer, winter or the seasons in between.
THE FINE PRINT
BEDS: 4
BATHS: 2
SQUARE FEET: 2,252
SALE PRICE: $495,000
OTHER STUFF: A $161 per month homeowners association fee covers maintenance of the community’s roads, facilities and amenities.
241 Wyalusing Dr., Pocono Lake, PA 18347 [Cindy Derolf| Pocono Area Realty – Benz Group LLC]
