What Pennsylvania town is known as the Switzerland of America?
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, is often called the Little Switzerland of America. Tucked into the state's Pocono Mountains, Jim Thorpe feels like a quaint alpine escape.
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Tucked away in the southern Poconos, Jim Thorpe is pressed against the area's foothills, creating the stunning backdrop that earned the town its designation as a Swiss-like escape.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, is often called the Little Switzerland of America. Tucked into the state's Pocono Mountains, Jim Thorpe feels like a quaint alpine escape.
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In 1910, Judge Heriot Clarkson established a summer escape in the Blue Ridge Mountains, naming it “Little Switzerland” because of the surrounding slopes' resemblance to the Swiss Alps.
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