Tobyhanna Township near Pocono Summit in Monroe County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Hungry Hill

Photographed by Rick Bodenschatz, May 30, 2013

1. Hungry Hill Memorial Marker

Inscription. This encampment site was named by General Sullivan’s Expedition of the Revolutionary War, 1779, en route north to avenge the Wyoming Massacre. They called the adjacent swamp Hell’s Kitchen. Army engineers built this first road on the Pocono Plateau, across the desolate area known as the Great Swamp. Meager provisions required the soldiers to live off the land, and one died here.

Erected 2013 by Monroe County Commissioners.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania, Tobyhanna Township History Tour, and the The Sullivan-Clinton Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1779.

Location. 41° 6.366′ N, 75° 26.633′ W. Marker is near Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania, in Monroe County. It is in Tobyhanna Township. It is on Sullivan Trail (Pennsylvania Route 4004) half a mile south of PA Route 940 ( Route 940) when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 135 Sullivan Trail, Pocono Summit PA 18346, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Pocono Mountains

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hungry Hill Monument (a few steps from this marker); Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Naomi Pines House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Pocono Pines Assembly (approx. 0.9 miles away); Lutherland (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Linnie Lee (approx. 1.2 miles away); Summer Youth Camps (approx. 1.3 miles away); Ice Harvesting Industry (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pocono Summit.

More about this marker. Marker is at the Revolutionary War Memorial and gravesite of the Unknown Soldier of the Revolutionary War.

Also see . . . Hungry Hill Memorial Dedication Site. (Submitted on June 27, 2017, by Rick Bodenschatz of Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania.)

Hungry Hill Memorial Site with Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rick Bodenschatz, May 30, 2013

2. Hungry Hill Memorial Site with Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2015, by Rick Bodenschatz of Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,641 times since then and 27 times this year. Last updated on October 5, 2024, by Rick Bodenschatz of Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 20, 2015, by Rick Bodenschatz of Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.