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Crown Inn

Crown Inn from directly overhead

Crown Inn is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 72 m. Bauer Rock stands 317 m to the southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Third & Wyandotte Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
aluminium
Inscription
A 2-story log inn, built here in 1745, was Bethlehem's first public house. Located near the ferry that crossed the Lehigh River, it was visited by famous political and military leaders of the era. Bridge replaced the ferry, 1794, inn closed;razed 1857.
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Coordinates40.61335, -75.38331

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Third & Wyandotte Park: 0.1 mi
  • Pulaski Park: 0.1 mi
  • Steelworkers' Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • South Bethlehem Greenway: 0.2 mi
  • Daniel E. Rice Memorial Plaza: 0.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 57
Attractions
Peaks
Historic sites: 53
  • Gen. Casimir Pulaski: 0.1 mi
  • Bethlehem Steelworkers Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • 250th Birthday of Bethlehem: 0.2 mi
  • Bethlehem - Murska Sobota Sister Cities Association: 0.4 mi
  • Symbol of Progress: 0.4 mi
Gardens: 27
Artworks: 20
  • Amos The Greyhound: 0.4 mi
  • Nittany Lion Mascot Statue: 0.5 mi
  • The Bridge: 0.8 mi
  • Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 1.0 mi
  • John Amos Comenius Monument: 1.2 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Charlie Brown's Clearing: 1.7 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 2.0 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 2.0 mi
  • Parkside Pavillion: 8.1 mi
  • Carousel Grove: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 7
  • Crystal Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Helfrichs Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Poorhouse Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Marble Spring: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • High Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 17.0 mi
  • Wild Creek Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Old Mill Falls: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 4.1 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 14.8 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • 309 Truck Stop: 8.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Crown Inn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bauer RockSW317 m4.4 mi
Flint HillSSE308 m6.1 mi
Gaffney HillE308 m6.8 mi
KirchbergESE305 m3.9 mi
South MountainSSE301 m1.3 mi
Haycock MountainSE295 m12.2 mi
KohlbergSE294 m5.5 mi
Chestnut HillSSW282 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3219:5520:37
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:2315:5516:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303241526271767466554435
Precip in3.32.83.63.73.64.45.34.64.84.13.23.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allentown Lehigh VLY Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11063745577

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