The Hideout

The management and security needs to be investigated. This place is atrocious. Money scamming lowlifes. I would look into WLE, wood ledge or any other neighboring community before giving this place a thought.

Just to let renters know we do not have septic tanks we’ve had a sewer and water system for over 30 years were in the process of replacing get your facts right TE

Nicest gated community in the area! There are 2 olympic size swimming pools, 2 beaches on the lake (Main Lodge and North Beach), skii hill, golf course, ceramics and a tremendous amount of activities and events for all ages. The Main Lodge has a very good restaurant and a Tiki bar that overlooks the lake. The 4^th of July firework celebration is absolutely amazing. Everyone gathers at the Main Lodge to watch the fireworks being lit from nearby Holiday Park. They have Bingo once a week, Teen dances, a swim team, big beach parties with DJ’s and food. My parents bought a house here years ago and I spent every summer here while growing up. It was the best time of my life! Literally, I would cry whenever I had to go home to NY in the fall. It’s a great summer home community!

If you enjoy vacationing in a gated community with faux swiss chalet houses crowded together around a lake filled with seaweed and jet skis, this is the place for you. The community has two small beaches– one is really crowded (the Lodge), and the other (North Beach) is OK, with a small swimming area. It’s difficult to walk anywhere because there are no sidewalks or waking paths, and you risk being hit by an SUV piloted by a desperate housewife on the phone, going way over the 25 mph speed limit.
I would NOT recommend our rental home. The septic tank pump broke twice during our stay, leaking sewage on the bottom floor and making it impossible to use the bathrooms, showers or sink for two days. The plumber then had the gall to tell us we used too much toilet paper or maybe we were putting paper towels in the toilets. Perhaps the Hideout should include a caveat with their rentals that, similar to places in rural Central America, you should put toilet paper in the wastepaper basket and not in the toilet. The entire community is on septic, which is a bit frightening when you consider how many people swim in the lake, but they are converting to a sewer system. The rental was over-​priced, the walls were like cardboard, and the house and dock never get direct sun so you’re in perpetual gloom.
The Poconos might have been lovely years ago, but it’s so over-​developed here that it’s almost comical that people in the Hideout consider this «living the mountain lifestyle.» A sign in our cabin read «At the lake, you forget to count the days.» This is true – at the lake, we were counting the hours until our departure.