Nature reserve · Pennsylvania
Lehigh Gorge State Park
Lehigh Gorge State Park is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 383 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Buttermilk Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
How to reach it
Coordinates40.97869, -75.74673
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Bald Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Penn Haven Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Scrub Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Round Head Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Summer Mountain: 4.5 mi
Parks
- Lehigh Gorge State Park: 1.7 mi
- Jim Thorpe Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
- Sam Miller Field: 7.6 mi
- Twining Park: 7.6 mi
- Kemmerer Park: 7.9 mi
Historic sites: 44
- Jim Thorpe Monument: 6.6 mi
- Civil War Monument: 7.9 mi
- Lattimer Massacre Monument: 11.6 mi
- National Shrine of the Sacred Heart: 11.6 mi
- Honor Roll: 12.4 mi
Nature reserves: 43
- Graystones Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Hickory Run State Park: 5.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 40: 5.9 mi
- Weiser State Forest Penn Forest Tract: 6.7 mi
- Harry and Mary Goeringer Preserve: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Buttermilk Falls: 0.6 mi
- Lukes Falls: 0.9 mi
- Hawk Falls: 6.2 mi
- Cave Falls: 6.4 mi
- Terrace Falls: 6.4 mi
Museums: 15
- Eckley Miner's Village Museum: 5.8 mi
- Asa Packer Mansion: 7.9 mi
- Mauch Chunk Museum and Cultural Center: 7.9 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 7.9 mi
- Summit Hill Historical Society: 12.6 mi
Springs: 13
- Penn Springs: 2.8 mi
- Pocono Spring: 14.6 mi
- Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1: 15.6 mi
- Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #2: 15.6 mi
- Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #3: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 11
- Whitewater Challengers: 2.0 mi
- Pocono Whitewater: 5.3 mi
- Whitewater Rafting Adventures: 8.0 mi
- Split Rock: 8.7 mi
- 100 Mile View: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 11
- Benjamin Franklin Statue: 10.6 mi
- Philip Ginder Carved Rock: 12.7 mi
- Palmerton "Patches": 14.2 mi
- Sons of Liberty: 14.2 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 9
- Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 6.7 mi
- Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 7.9 mi
- Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 10.2 mi
- Indain Mountain Lake Beach: 12.7 mi
- Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Gorgeous Rocks: 6.5 mi
- Bear Mountain Overlook: 7.9 mi
- Devil's Elbow: 8.0 mi
- The Knob: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 6.6 mi
- Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 13.5 mi
- Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 14.0 mi
- Crescent Lake Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 4
- Butler Township Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- Palmerton Concourse Club Rose Garden: 14.1 mi
- Stonehedge Gardens: 18.2 mi
- Glacier Lake Garden: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Camp Apple Tree: 9.2 mi
- Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Lehigh Gorge State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Hill | NNE 18° | 690 m | 18.7 mi |
| Pimple Hill | ENE 74° | 669 m | 12.9 mi |
| Lake Mountain | ENE 59° | 666 m | 8.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 0° | 658 m | 17.9 mi |
| Stone Tower | NNE 21° | 636 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bears Head | WSW 243° | 634 m | 19.5 mi |
| Wyoming Mountain | N 353° | 618 m | 16.5 mi |
| Pohopoco Mountain | E 84° | 612 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:58 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:54 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Francis E Walter DAM, 10 mi away.
- purple-flowered raspberry14 obs
- wild hydrangea13 obs
- Timber Rattlesnake11 obs
- alder buckthorn11 obs
- great rhododendron9 obs
- pink lady's slipper8 obs
- striped wintergreen8 obs
- Eastern Newt6 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/421728305
Day trips start here
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- Bangor · 29 mi
- Allentown · 30 mi
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