Lake Winola, Pennsylvania

About Lake Winola

Lake Winola, PA is a small unincorporated community located in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Lake Winola holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.54 square miles.

📰 Lake Winola News Today

• Frank Flaherty Obituary - Lake Winola, PA - Scranton Times-Tribune Scranton Times-Tribune · Apr 8
• Carl A. Frear Obituary (1943 - 2026) - Tunkhannock, PA - WFMZ-TV 69 News Legacy | Obituary · Aug 14
• Albert Fagerlin Obituary - Lake Winola, PA Wyoming County Examiner · Nov 18
• Robert Edward Kern Jr. Obituary (2026) - Factoryville, PA - Anthony P. Litwin Jr. Funeral Homes, Inc. - Factoryville Legacy | Obituary · May 26
• DeAnn Jennings Florey Obituary - Lake Winola, PA - Scranton Times-Tribune Scranton Times-Tribune · Apr 10

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📰 Local News

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What Makes Lake Winola Unique

• The only place in America named Lake Winola — 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.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Lake Winola

• Snapper's Bar and Grill

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Lake Winola

• Little Rocky Glen Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

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