{"id":7036243,"date":"2026-08-10T06:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T06:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/25-secluded-towns-nestled-into-remote-areas-of-northeast-pennsylvania\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T06:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T06:01:20","slug":"25-secluded-towns-nestled-into-remote-areas-of-northeast-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7036243","title":{"rendered":"25 Secluded Towns Nestled into Remote Areas of Northeast Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"


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I\u2019ve got a soft spot for towns nobody stops in. Northeast Pennsylvania is full of them.<\/p>\n

Drive an hour or so north of Scranton into the Endless Mountains and the map goes quiet: river valleys, state forest, boroughs of a few hundred people where the loudest thing all afternoon is a creek running over rock.<\/p>\n

These aren\u2019t resort towns. Nobody\u2019s selling you a ticket.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re the small, half-forgotten places people mean when they say they want to get away from everything, and I\u2019ve rounded up 25 of the most secluded ones in the region.<\/p>\n

Some sit right on the Susquehanna. Some hide on a forested plateau with one road in and out (more on those in a minute).<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d rather find an empty trailhead than a busy boardwalk, you\u2019re going to like this list.<\/p>\n

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25. Dushore: Hidden Mountain Village<\/h2>\n

Dushore is the closest thing rural Sullivan County has to a downtown, which in practice means a bank, a post office, a couple of restaurants, and the surrounding farms driving in to run errands.<\/p>\n

It was built on tanneries and creameries, back when the railroad still hauled local goods out to bigger markets. Most of that industry is long gone.<\/p>\n

The town kept going anyway.<\/p>\n

What I like is how fast the wilderness takes over once you leave Main Street.<\/p>\n

Ricketts Glen State Park (famous for the chain of waterfalls on its Falls Trail) and Worlds End State Park are both a short drive out, so the same streets that handle the county\u2019s day-to-day spill straight into forest.<\/p>\n

You come for the quiet, and you stay because there\u2019s a waterfall trail ten minutes away.<\/p>\n

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Where is Dushore?<\/h3>\n

North-central Pennsylvania, about 75 miles northwest of Scranton, at the end of a long winding stretch of U.S. Route 220.<\/p>\n

Forested ridges and state forest land wrap it on every side, which is most of the reason it still feels hidden.<\/p>\n

Miss the turn and you\u2019ll know (there\u2019s not much else out there to confuse it with).<\/p>\n