Zoos and animal parksPoconos and Jim Thorpe

Pocono Snake & Animal Farm

East Stroudsburg, PA · 1 hour 49 minutes from Reading · Under $20 a person

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Closes for the winter after the November weekends; open winter weekends and holidays only in ideal conditions

Plan the day

Drive1 hour 49 minutes from Reading, 75 miles1 hour 37 minutes from Boyertown · 1 hour 33 minutes from Hamburg · 2 hours 10 minutes from Morgantown

Where424 Seven Bridge Road, East Stroudsburg, PAOpen in maps →

OpenDaily spring through Columbus Day weekend, then daily to Veterans Day weekend and weekends after; closed for the winter except ideal-weather weekends11 am to 5 pm in summer; noon to 5 pm in spring and on mid-October weekdays; noon to 4:30 pm in November; last admission 4:15 pm

AdmissionAdults $13, children 2 to 11 $10, under 2 free; animal treats $2.50 each; tickets at the door only (posted October 2026)

Plan onAbout an hour

Good forlittle kids, big kids, teens, adults

Pocono Snake & Animal Farm is a small interactive zoo in East Stroudsburg, PA, where visitors feed and pet animals and see reptiles. The site says a visit takes about an hour.

The farm has been open more than 50 years and calls itself a starter zoo for children. You can bottle-feed goats and pot-belly pigs and drop treats to the bear, monkeys, lemurs, lizards and toads, with alligator feeding in summer. The reptile side holds rattlesnakes, a Gaboon viper, a reticulated python and a 90-pound alligator snapping turtle. Admission is $13 and the whole visit fits in an hour.

Before you go

Tickets are sold at the door only, and parking is free. The farm opens when it is in the upper 40s or warmer with no precipitation, so check the hours page before a late-season drive. Buy the $2.50 organic treats at the front counter to feed the animals. Closed Thanksgiving Day.

Coming up

Open daily noon to 4:30 pm through Veterans Day weekend in November 2026, then weekends only until it closes for the winter.

Official site →Tickets →

Checked October 8, 2026 on the official site. Hours, prices and seasons change, so confirm there before a long drive.

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