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Whitehall Parkway

Whitehall Parkway from directly overhead

Whitehall Parkway is a nature reserve in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Bake Oven Knob stands 483 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Troxell-Steckel House and Farm Museum, a park 0.8 miles away. Delaware River Valley passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Whitehall Township

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.67013, -75.52110

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Troxell-Steckel House and Farm Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Egypt Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Stiles Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Cementon Park: 1.1 mi
  • Saylor Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Colonel John Siegfried Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Lehigh County Massacre Gravesite: 1.9 mi
  • Dam No. 6: 2.1 mi
  • Catasauqua Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Allentown: 4.3 mi
Attractions
Museums: 53
Gardens: 30
Artworks: 20
Springs: 15
  • Helfrichs Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Poorhouse Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Stempa Spring: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Parkside Pavillion: 6.2 mi
  • Food Fest Grove: 6.4 mi
  • Carousel Grove: 6.4 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 7.5 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 13.5 mi
  • Wild Creek Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Onoko Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Terrace Falls: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 6.9 mi
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 11.4 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 14.8 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 17.5 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area: 7.5 mi
  • 309 Truck Stop: 14.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Whitehall Parkway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bake Oven KnobWNW 296°483 m12.4 mi
Bears RocksWNW 290°475 m13.3 mi
Topton MountainSSW 212°378 m15.8 mi
Gap HillSSW 203°349 m15.1 mi
Donats PeakW 264°331 m16.5 mi
Bauer RockSSE 149°317 m8.5 mi
Sandstone RidgeNW 311°311 m5.3 mi
Flint HillSE 137°308 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3219:5620:37
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2315:5516:39

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.

  • Monarch11 obs
  • Mallard8 obs
  • Long-tailed Salamander8 obs
  • American Robin7 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle7 obs
  • Turkey Vulture6 obs
  • garlic mustard6 obs
  • House Finch6 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/278451747

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