Attraction · Pennsylvania
Thunder Canyon
Thunder Canyon is an attraction in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 108 m. Bake Oven Knob stands 483 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Creek Cannonball, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates40.58063, -75.53026
- 22.7 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 22.8 mi off the Delaware River Valley
- 24.8 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Cedar Creek Cannonball: 0.0 mi
- Cedar Creek Cannonball: 0.0 mi
- Wave Swinger: 0.1 mi
- Cedar Creek Cannonball: 0.1 mi
- White Water Landing: 0.1 mi
Parks
- Bungalow Park: 0.2 mi
- Cedar Creek Parkway East: 0.4 mi
- South Whitehall Chase Park: 0.6 mi
- Cedar Creek Parkway West: 0.6 mi
- Trident Swim and Tennis Club: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- General Harry C. Trexler: 0.9 mi
- General Harry Clay Trexler on his horse "Jack O' Diamonds": 1.0 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 3.4 mi
- Lehigh County: 3.6 mi
- Allentown: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Dorothy Rider Pool Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.6 mi
- Robert Rodale Reserve: 3.6 mi
- Buehler Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- B. Leroy & Elizabeth Burkhart Preserve: 4.9 mi
- B. Leeroy & Elizabeth Burkhart Preserve: 4.9 mi
Peaks
- Jasper Cliffs: 4.2 mi
- Bauer Rock: 5.0 mi
- Dutch Hill: 5.2 mi
- Lehigh Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Limeport Hill: 6.0 mi
Museums: 57
- Museum of Indian Culture: 1.6 mi
- Mack Trucks Historical Museum: 2.0 mi
- Da Vinci Science Center: 3.3 mi
- Da Vinci Science Center at PPL Pavilion: 3.3 mi
- Allentown Art Museum: 3.7 mi
Gardens: 32
- The Tree of Life Memorial Grove: 0.5 mi
- Malcolm W. Gross Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
- Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Community Gardens: 3.1 mi
- The Fields at Indian Creek Garden: 3.4 mi
Artworks: 21
- Victor's Lament: 1.5 mi
- Arts Walk Hamilton Connector: 3.5 mi
- Court Street Arts Alley: 3.5 mi
- Emma: 3.8 mi
- Early Settlers Statue: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 16
- Parkside Pavillion: 0.1 mi
- Carousel Grove: 0.2 mi
- Food Fest Grove: 0.3 mi
- Picinic Table (C): 8.9 mi
- Picinic Table (C): 8.9 mi
Springs: 16
- Poorhouse Spring: 0.7 mi
- Lehigh Park Spring: 2.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 2.7 mi
- Helfrichs Spring: 3.9 mi
- Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #3: 15.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Pinnacle Point: 17.6 mi
- Mount Washington: 18.4 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs: 19.4 mi
- Saint Anthonys Nose: 20.5 mi
- Bear Mountain Overlook: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Princess Run Waterfall: 19.6 mi
- High Falls: 21.3 mi
- Wild Creek Falls: 21.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 24.4 mi
- Onoko Falls: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 5
- Wilson Avenue River Access: 12.1 mi
- Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 12.3 mi
- Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 19.7 mi
- Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 22.4 mi
- Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- 309 Truck Stop: 9.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Fricks Locks Historic District: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Thunder Canyon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bake Oven Knob | NW 317° | 483 m | 15.8 mi |
| Topton Mountain | SW 228° | 378 m | 10.7 mi |
| Gap Hill | SW 215° | 349 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bauer Rock | ESE 102° | 317 m | 5.0 mi |
| Sandstone Ridge | NNW 340° | 311 m | 10.3 mi |
| Flint Hill | ESE 110° | 308 m | 10.2 mi |
| Gaffney Hill | ENE 78° | 308 m | 14.8 mi |
| Kirchberg | E 87° | 305 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:56 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:55 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allentown Lehigh VLY Intl AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Allentown · 3 mi
- Lehigh Valley · 3 mi
- Emmaus · 4 mi
- Whitehall Township · 6 mi
- Bethlehem · 9 mi
- Hellertown · 10 mi
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