Prompton, PA

Prompton State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 2,000 acres in Clinton and Dyberry Townships, Wayne County, Pennsylvania in the United States. However, the lands of the park are open to visitors. Friends of Prompton State Park, a grassroots organization is working to take over management of the park in much the same way that Salt Springs State Park in Susquehanna County is managed by The Friends of Salt Springs Park. Prompton State Park is open to visitors year-round. Activities available to the visitor include fishing, hiking, boating, picnicking, mountain biking, hunting, ice fishing, geocaching, sledding, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing.

A newcomer can read Prompton through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Prompton comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. In May 1942, heavy rains caused the Lackawaxen River and Dyberry Creek to rise rapidly. The record-breaking flooding in nearby Honesdale and Hawley claimed 29 lives and caused over $7 million damages.