Birchwood Lakes, Pennsylvania

About Birchwood Lakes

Birchwood Lakes is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Birchwood Lakes holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.25 square miles.

📰 Birchwood Lakes News Today

• Birchwood Lakes, PA Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Sep 1
• Pike County man injured in explosion WNEP · May 10
• Dingmans Ferry girl suffers electric shock after climbing into power substation Pocono Record · May 25
• Pike County. PA DEP inviting comments on substation transmission line project www.pikecountycourier.com · Aug 11
• Birchwood Lakes Triathlon draws field of 117 competitors Trentonian · Jul 19

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Birchwood Lakes Unique

• The only place in America named Birchwood Lakes — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northeastern Pennsylvania, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Birchwood Lakes

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Birchwood Lakes

• Pike Pizza and Grill — pizza
• Antonio's Cafe — american
• China Delight — chinese
• Forklift Cafe (café)
• Pie's On Italian Restaurant — italian

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Birchwood Lakes

• Akenac Park reviews ★
• George W. Childs Park reviews ★
• The Smith-Harker Community Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Veterans Memorial Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Birchwood Lakes

🏘️ Nearby Communities