The Pocono Mountains are located within easy driving distance from New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC and Connecticut. The Pocono area offers visitors and residents the best of all worlds... Great restaurants, many ski area, dozens of golf courses, entertainment from clubs to the arts, horse and auto racing, casinos, AAA Baseball (Yankees) AAA Hockey (Penguins), and much more. Many families have decided to make the Poconos their primary home and commute to work in metropolitan areas.