Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prompton Dam US Army Corps of Engineers | Dam / hazard | 41.58932, -75.32779 | Line-km 12.5 of 63.5 and the head of the flowing river. Everything above it is Prompton Lake; releases from the dam set the floatable water below. |
| 2 | US 6 bridge below Prompton Dam Roosevelt Highway | Bridge crossing | 41.58341, -75.32516 | Line-km 13.3, 0.004 km off the line. The first crossing below the dam. |
| 3 | Woolen Mill Dam Low-head dam above Honesdale | Dam / hazard | 41.57675, -75.28028 | Line-km 17.7, directly on the centreline. |
| 4 | Main Street bridge at Honesdale US 6 / PA 191 | Bridge crossing | 41.57668, -75.25790 | Line-km 19.9, 0.008 km off the line. The town crossing in Honesdale. |
| 5 | Sycamore Point Park Honesdale Borough / Wayne County | Access / boat ramp | 41.57707, -75.25539 | Line-km 20.2, 0.04 km off the line at the Dyberry Creek mouth. Concrete non-motorised launch opened in 2024; the top of the Honesdale-to-Hawley river trail. Placed from its published 12th Street address. |
| 6 | USGS 01430000 - Lackawaxen River at Honesdale USGS streamgage | USGS gauge | 41.56194, -75.24794 | Coordinates taken from the water's own roster record. It falls 0.086 km from the chained centreline at line-km 22.3, which is what confirms both. |
| 7 | Indian Orchard River Access Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission | Access / boat ramp | 41.54776, -75.21740 | Line-km 26.0, 0.018 km off the line. The only PFBC-owned access on the Lackawaxen itself, dedicated in 2025 at the midpoint of the river trail. Coordinates from the Commission's verified access-area layer. |
| 8 | White Mills Road bridge White Mills | Bridge crossing | 41.52573, -75.20478 | Line-km 30, 0.006 km off the line. The only mapped feature between Indian Orchard and Hawley. |
| 9 | Main Avenue bridge at Hawley US 6 / PA 590 | Bridge crossing | 41.47878, -75.18398 | Line-km 36.4, 0.012 km off the line, at the foot of the Honesdale-to-Hawley reach. |
| 10 | Housefly Fishing Fly shop, 217 Main Avenue, Hawley | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 41.47698, -75.18359 | 0.17 km off the river at line-km 36.4, beside the Main Avenue bridge. Not in OpenStreetMap; placed from its published street address. |
| 11 | Hawley River Access Hawley borough launch | Access / boat ramp | 41.47964, -75.17990 | Line-km 36.7, 0.04 km off the line. The take-out for the Honesdale reach and the put-in for the lower river. |
| 12 | Martin Road bridge at Kimbles Kimbles | Bridge crossing | 41.46703, -75.12295 | Line-km 43.2, 0.05 km off the line. No public launch is published at Kimbles; the bridge is the only mapped feature in this reach. |
| 13 | Rowland Road bridge Rowland | Bridge crossing | 41.47538, -75.03583 | Line-km 56.9, 0.05 km off the line, the last crossing above the Delaware confluence. |
| 14 | Two River Anglers Fly and tackle shop, 106 Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 41.48643, -74.98986 | Line-km 63.1, 0.07 km off the river at the confluence, on the same road as the Zane Grey access. Placed from its published street address. |
| 15 | Zane Grey Access Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission | Access / boat ramp | 41.48629, -74.98727 | Line-km 63.4, 0.07 km off the line. The standard take-out for a Lackawaxen float. PFBC lists its water as the Delaware because the ramp sits just below the confluence. |
Gauge: USGS 01430000 — Lackawaxen River near Honesdale, PA. Live flow on the web page.
Species: American Shad, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Regulations: www.pa.gov/agencies/fishandboat/fishing/regulations
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Honesdale riverfront and the Dyberry confluence - the closest public access to the gauge.
Route 6 pull-offs between Honesdale and Hawley - roadside access to the middle river.
Hawley Park and the Wallenpaupack Creek confluence - access to the head of the release-influenced reach.
Kimbles access off Route 590 - lower-river bank and small-boat access.
Rowland bridge access - lower-river parking and wadeable water.
Zane Grey Museum access at Lackawaxen - the mouth and the Delaware confluence.
Dyberry Creek public water above Honesdale - tributary access to wild and stocked trout.
Spring: stocking and high freestone flows, with the best of the year's trout fishing from April into June.
Summer: warm water in the upper river, with the Wallenpaupack release keeping the lower reach cold and fishable.
Fall: cooling temperatures, active brown trout and light pressure once the summer crowds leave the Poconos.
Winter: low, cold water with limited access and occasional ice, and a sm