Any Questions. Any Home. Anytime.
Wayne County, Pennsylvania
The Hideout is a private, gated four-season community in Lake Ariel with roughly 3,200 single-family homes spread across about 2,900 wooded acres. It is the single most-traded community in this market, and one Mark Bond has sold inside for more than two decades.
Who is the local REALTOR® for The Hideout, PA? Mark Bond, CRS, of CENTURY 21 Select Group — 1226 Hamlin Hwy, Lake Ariel, PA 18436, about 6 miles from The Hideout. He has sold in this market for more than 25 years and is a CENTURY 21® Lake Specialist. Call or text (570) 352-8874.
ZIP
18436
Township
Lake Township
From NYC
2 hr 15 min
From N. Jersey
1 hr 45 min
~3,200 homes behind a 24-hour gate
6 miles from Mark's office
Wayne County, Pennsylvania
The Market
The Hideout trades faster and more often than any other community on this list because of its scale and its amenity package. Prices span a wide band, from modest chalets needing work to renovated lake-view homes. Annual assessments cover roads, security, central water and sewer, and recreation, and they are set annually by the association. Always request the current fee schedule and any pending special assessment in writing before closing.
Mark represents both sides inside The Hideout: sellers who need a listing priced against the right comps rather than a county average, and buyers who need to know what an amenity fee actually buys, which sections carry lake views, and how the resale market treats a chalet versus a year-round build.
Year-round homes, chalets and cabins in The Hideout — listed, staged, photographed and negotiated by one agent from start to close.
Straight answers on what lakefront, lake view and lake rights actually mean on this water, plus dock permitting and shoreline rules.
Comparative market analysis built from closed sales inside The Hideout — not a county-wide average that flatters or punishes your property.
Certified staging and drone, twilight and video work by a trained photojournalist. Most buyers see your house on a phone, from another state, first.
Remote showings, electronic signatures and a title company used to New York and New Jersey buyers who cannot make every appointment.
Buildable lots, acreage and rental-minded purchases, including a frank read on which associations and townships allow short-term rentals.
Life in The Hideout
Roamingwood Lake is a 198-acre private power-boating lake with water skiing and tubing. Deerfield Lake at about 25 acres and Brooks Lake at about 9 acres are quieter waters for kayaks and fishing. Add a golf course, indoor and outdoor tennis, two heated pools, two sand beaches, a ski hill with a tubing run, a fitness center, a clubhouse and lodge, campgrounds, an art center, a woodshop and a dog park. More than 40 miles of paved roads and roughly 250 acres of preserved woodland sit inside the gate.
Main gate off PA-191, Roamingwood Lake, Deerfield Lake, Brooks Lake, The Hideout golf course and ski hill, Western Wayne School District, I-84 exit 17, about 20 miles to Scranton.
Getting Here
2 hr 15 min
From Midtown Manhattan
1 hr 45 min
From North Jersey
6 mi
From Mark's Lake Ariel office
Most owners and buyers in The Hideout live across a state line — North Jersey, Staten Island, the five boroughs and Long Island. That means showings are stacked into one trip, inspections happen without you, and closings run remotely. Mark builds every out-of-state file around that reality. Read the full New York and New Jersey buyer guide.
Questions
The Hideout is a planned residential community of approximately 3,200 single-family homes set across roughly 2,900 acres of Pocono woodland in Lake Township, Wayne County. The community maintains more than 40 miles of paved roads with central water and sewer, and preserves close to 250 acres of woodland in its natural state.
A 24-hour gated entrance and public safety department, three main lakes led by 198-acre Roamingwood Lake which permits power boating, two sand beaches, two heated outdoor pools, a golf course, indoor and outdoor tennis, a fitness center, a ski hill and tubing run, mini golf, campgrounds, a clubhouse and lodge with dining, an art center, a woodshop and a dog park.
Rental rules are set by the association and are revised over time, and Lake Township ordinances apply on top of them. If rental income is part of your plan, get the current rental policy, registration requirements and guest-pass limits in writing before you make an offer. Mark can point you to the current documents.
Call or text (570) 352-8874 seven days a week, or reach the CENTURY 21 Select Group office at (570) 689-2111. The office is at 1226 Hamlin Hwy, Lake Ariel, PA 18436. You can also send a message through palakehouse.com. There is no form on this page on purpose — Mark answers his own phone.
Nearby
Any Questions. Any Home. Anytime.
Send Mark a listing link and he will tell you what is right and wrong with it — before you drive up. No form, no lead broker, no drip campaign.
Mark Bond, REALTOR® · CENTURY 21 Select Group · 1226 Hamlin Hwy, Lake Ariel, PA 18436 · PA RS228108L
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