Kirchberg
Kirchberg rises to 305 m in Pennsylvania. Scotts Mountain stands 331 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Focht Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Geissinger Grist Mill: 3.1 mi
- Lock 44: 3.2 mi
- Taylor Field Memorial: 3.3 mi
- WWII Monument: 3.4 mi
- Nick Dutko Monument: 3.5 mi
- Lehigh Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Esperanza: 3.5 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 3.8 mi
- Japanese Serenity Garden: 3.9 mi
- Sand Island Children's 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
- Parkside Pavillion: 11.3 mi
- Carousel Grove: 11.4 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
- 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
- 309 Truck Stop: 7.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kirchberg. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotts Mountain | NE 49° | 331 m | 16.1 mi |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jasper Cliffs | WSW 256° | 274 m | 7.5 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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