Tunkhannock Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Tunkhannock Township | |
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Fields and woods in the township | |
Location of Tunkhannock Township in Monroe County | |
| Coordinates: 40°59′59″N 75°30′04″W / 40.99972°N 75.50111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Monroe |
| Area | |
• Total | 38.84 sq mi (100.58 km2) |
| • Land | 38.55 sq mi (99.83 km2) |
| • Water | 0.29 sq mi (0.75 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,841 ft (561 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 7,037 |
• Estimate (2021) | 7,041 |
| • Density | 172.57/sq mi (66.63/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 570 |
| Website | longpondpa.com |
Tunkhannock Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,037 at the 2020 census. Tunkhannock Township comprises the communities of Blakeslee and Long Pond. The most noteworthy feature of this township is the Tunkhannock creek, which forms "Long Pond", and is designated by the PA DEP as an Exceptional Value Waters (EV). The Bethlehem Authority, Nature Conservancy, Wildlands Conservancy County of Monroe Open Space Program, and PA Department of Forest and Waters have protected thousands of acres. Tunkhannock Township, PA is home to many species of globally rare, threatened, and endangered plants and animals and has been described as one of the last "great places".
In Long Pond, Pennsylvania National Diversity Inventory found 35 rare, threatened or endangered species or ecological communities. The butterfly community and collection of rare plants found in Long Pond "likely represent the best assemblage of rare and unusual species of any site or habitat in Pennsylvania," making Long Pond one of the most distinctive natural areas in the Northeast US.