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Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge

Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 223 m. Pimple Hill stands 669 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is East Penn Riverview Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 24 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lehigh Gap Nature Center

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.78821, -75.63700

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East Penn Riverview Park: 1.2 mi
  • Bowmanstown Park: 1.4 mi
  • Palmerton Borough Park: 1.8 mi
  • Palmerton Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Palmerton Mule Park: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Marshall's Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Hungary Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Clover Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Mahoning Hills: 5.0 mi
  • Sandstone Ridge: 5.1 mi
Attractions
  • Halls of Horror: 1.7 mi
  • 100 Mile View: 7.2 mi
  • Dragon Cement Co. Inc. No 1: 9.4 mi
  • Whitewater Rafting Adventures: 10.1 mi
  • Pocono Whitewater: 11.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 53
Museums: 41
  • Lehigh Gap Historical Society: 1.7 mi
  • Asa Packer Mansion: 7.5 mi
  • Mauch Chunk Museum and Cultural Center: 7.6 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Summit Hill Historical Society: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 30
Artworks: 21
Springs: 15
Picnic sites: 14
  • Camp Apple Tree: 9.1 mi
  • Parkside Pavillion: 15.3 mi
  • Food Fest Grove: 15.4 mi
  • Carousel Grove: 15.5 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Wild Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Onoko Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Terrace Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Cave Falls: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Bear Mountain Overlook: 6.7 mi
  • Gorgeous Rocks: 9.4 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 22.1 mi
  • Mount Washington: 23.6 mi
  • Wolf Rocks: 23.6 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 3.2 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 4.7 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 7.4 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 9.2 mi
  • Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 20.8 mi
  • Crescent Lake Rest Area: 23.9 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pimple HillNNE 22°669 m17.9 mi
Lake MountainN 5°666 m17.7 mi
Pohopoco MountainNNE 28°612 m16.7 mi
Bear RockN 358°587 m17.4 mi
Pine HillN 355°556 m16.1 mi
Broad MountainNW 314°549 m12.2 mi
Scrub MountainNNW 335°543 m11.1 mi
Millstone MountainN 359°543 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3219:5720:38
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:2415:5516:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038505967727063514132
Precip in3.82.93.93.94.35.24.64.95.64.73.94.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lehighton 1ssw, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1101802036

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