Kirchberg
Kirchberg rises to 305 m in Pennsylvania. Bauer Rock stands 317 m to the west-southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Focht Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
The Kirchberg is a mountain in Northampton County, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The main peak, which rises to 1,004 feet (306 m), is in Lower Saucon Township, east of Hellertown, overlooking Saucon Gap to the west. The mountain is part of the Reading Prong of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Wikidata Q25203993, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 305 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 13.9 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 15.0 mi off the Delaware River Valley
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 19 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 26 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 26 mi
- South Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Focht Hill: 0.9 mi
- Swoveberg: 1.2 mi
- Kohlberg: 1.9 mi
- Granite Hill: 2.2 mi
- Green Hill: 2.3 mi
- Lost River Caverns: 1.0 mi
- SteelStacks: 3.2 mi
- The Sun Inn: 4.1 mi
- Josiah White II Canal Boat: 6.5 mi
- Crayola Experience: 8.9 mi
- High Street Park: 1.0 mi
- Morris J. Dimmick Park: 1.2 mi
- Gregory Park: 1.2 mi
- Water Authority Park: 1.3 mi
- Detwiller Plaza: 1.5 mi
- Heller–Wagner Grist Mill: 1.9 mi
- Steelworkers' Archives: 2.8 mi
- National Museum of Industrial History: 3.4 mi
- Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum: 3.7 mi
- Kemerer Museum Of Decorative Arts: 3.9 mi
- Geissinger Grist Mill: 3.1 mi
- Lock 44: 3.2 mi
- Taylor Field Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Ruins: 3.4 mi
- WWII Monument: 3.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 1.8 mi
- Lehigh Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Esperanza: 3.5 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 3.8 mi
- Japanese Serenity Garden: 3.9 mi
- The Bridge: 3.2 mi
- Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 3.3 mi
- Amos The Greyhound: 4.1 mi
- Nittany Lion Mascot Statue: 4.1 mi
- John Amos Comenius Monument: 4.5 mi
- Charlie Brown's Clearing: 2.9 mi
- Picinic Table (S): 5.0 mi
- Picinic Table (C): 5.0 mi
- Picinic Table (S): 5.0 mi
- Picinic Table (S): 5.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 8.7 mi
- Lehigh Park Spring: 8.8 mi
- Helfrichs Spring: 9.6 mi
- Marble Spring: 12.0 mi
- Poorhouse Spring: 12.0 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs: 8.3 mi
- Mount Washington: 8.8 mi
- Saint Anthonys Nose: 11.4 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 15.4 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 15.8 mi
- High Falls: 10.1 mi
- High Falls: 18.6 mi
- Princess Run Waterfall: 19.5 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 23.9 mi
- Wild Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
- Wilson Avenue River Access: 2.9 mi
- Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 18.6 mi
- Rest Area: 4.9 mi
- 309 Truck Stop: 7.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Kirchberg. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauer Rock | WSW 255° | 317 m | 6.6 mi |
| Gaffney Hill | NE 51° | 308 m | 4.0 mi |
| Flint Hill | SSW 203° | 308 m | 4.5 mi |
| South Mountain | W 276° | 301 m | 3.2 mi |
| Haycock Mountain | SE 144° | 295 m | 8.6 mi |
| Kohlberg | SSE 157° | 294 m | 1.9 mi |
| South Mountain | WNW 290° | 282 m | 2.4 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | SW 224° | 282 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:54 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springtown 1 NNE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1209096 — Kirchberg, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357355743
Day trips start here
- Hellertown · 1 mi
- Bethlehem · 4 mi
- Allentown · 9 mi
- Easton · 9 mi
- Lehigh Valley · 9 mi
- Emmaus · 10 mi
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