Pennsylvania Route 652 - Route Description

Route Description

Route 652, better known as the Beach Lake Highway, begins at a three segment intersection with U.S. Route 6 (the Grand Army of the Republic Highway) in the small community of Indian Orchard, Pennsylvania. At the southern terminus, there are several commercial buildings that serve the local residents. Route 652 heads to the northeast, passing through a short patch of woods in the area of Indian Orchard. There is a short clearing, serving some residential homes and intersected with an unnamed local road, where it leaves Indian Orchard.

Route 652 continues to the northeast out of Indian Orchard, where the surroundings of the highway became more open, with residential homes and fields surrounding the highway. The next few intersections are with local driveways, which serve the local residential homes. After a few driveways, Route 652 enters the community of Bethel. There, the highway becomes more developed, and the highway begins to pass more commercial developments. There, Route 652 intersects with Navajo Road, a local road which parallels the northbound highway. After an intersection with a local unnamed road, Route 652 leaves Bethel.

After leaving Bethel, Route 652 continues its way northward, entering a deep patch of woodlands and paralleling to the east of Navajo Road, which intersected earlier. The deep patch continues, until there is a clearing for a commercial building, and after some more trees, the patch breaks up at Volunteer Road, a dead-end driveway. Route 652 continues now to the northeast, passing some local roads and intersecting with Gassen Road, a local highway in Berlin Township. After Gassen Road, the surroundings of the highway become highly developed, and after a short distance, intersects with another local road.

Route 652 begins a northeastern progression, where it passes to the south of several ponds and several local residences. There are some short patches of the woodlands in the area. At an intersection with Dunn Road and Buckingham Road, Route 652 passes some local residences, and eventually becomes less developed with fields surrounding the highway in Berlin Township. At the intersection with Bayly Road, Route 652 turns on a short eastern progression and into the center of Berlin Township, where the highway becomes moderately developed, passing fields and homes. At an intersection with Trails Road, Route 652 turns to the northeast, leaving Berlin Township for Beach Lake, Pennsylvania.

Upon entering Beach Lake, the highway enters a short patch of forests, intersecting with a local road, Rosencraft Road, and an unnamed dead-end loop road. There, Route 652 becomes highly developed, passing several residences on both the northern and southern sides of the highway. Nearby the highway is Beach Lake, the body of water for which the community is named. At an intersection with Milanville, which forks off to the north, Route 652 passes to the east of the Beach Lake Volunteer Fire Department.

There, in Beach Lake, Route 652 passes a more highly developed commercial region. After an intersection with Church Road, the highway begins a northeast progression, and leaves Beach Lake. Route 652 becomes less developed once again outside of Beach Lake, intersecting with Perkins Pond Road, crossing over a small creek in the area. After a process of a few hundred feet, the highway passes to the south of a small pond. At Perkins Pond Road, Route 652 turns to the northeast, the highway becomes known as the Beach Lake Highway on maps. The route becomes developed, passing a short set of development. At an intersection with Little Beach Lake Road, where Route 652 turns to the east and into Damascus Township.

In Damascus Township, Route 652 continues through a moderate stretch of development and at an intersection with Trot Lane Road, the highway turns to the northeast once again. After the intersection, Route 652 passes a pond in the area of Darbytown to the south, intersecting with Clemen U Miller Road, and at Bavarian Hill Road, Route 652 continues to the east, running along the community line of Darbytown and Atco.

In Atco and Darbytown, the highway is highly surrounded by the dense woodlans in the area. At Atco Road, Route 652 makes a dive to the south from its the rest of alignment, parallelling Plank Road to the east. Eventually, the highway leaves Atco and continues into downtown Darbytown, where the highway intersects with Peggy Runway Road, which heads southward along the Delaware River. There, the highway parallels the Delaware River and heading eastward. At an intersection with State Route 1017, Route 652 dips to the southeast and crosses the Narrowsburg-Darbytown Bridge and continued into New York as New York State Route 52 and Sullivan County Route 24.