Golf in Dallas

Dallas Borough anchors the Back Mountain community of Luzerne County, a plateau township above Wilkes-Barre that has become one of northeastern Pennsylvania's more stable residential areas as valley communities dealt with deindustrialization. The Back Mountain — the same plateau that includes Harveys Lake, Shavertown, and Trucksville — provides a geographic and economic alternative to the Wyoming Valley floor, with the Susquehanna River valley visible from the upper ridgelines and Lake Silkworth and Harveys Lake providing recreational anchors nearby. King's College and Misericordia University both have connections to this general area, adding an educational presence to the market. Golf in Dallas draws from the plateau's substantial residential population, many of whom commute down to the valley for employment and return to the Back Mountain's quieter character in the evenings and on weekends.