Saucon Hill
Saucon Hill rises to 204 m in Pennsylvania. Gap Hill stands 349 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Jesus the Teacher Statue, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Saucon Hill is a low mountain in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The main peak rises to 666 feet (203 m), and is located in Upper Saucon Township. Saucon Hill is located to the southwest of Hellertown. It is a part of the Reading Prong of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Wikidata Q24191619, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 204 m
How to reach it
- 16.2 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 16.6 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 18.8 mi off the Delaware River Valley
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 23 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 26 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tocik/Conmy Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
- Saucon Valley Country Club: 0.9 mi
- Upper Saucon Township Community Park: 1.4 mi
- Tumminello Park: 2.0 mi
- Grist Mill Park: 2.2 mi
- Heller–Wagner Grist Mill: 2.1 mi
- Springfield Township Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Esther M. Lee African American Heritage Center: 4.2 mi
- Fowler Family Museum: 4.3 mi
- National Museum of Industrial History: 4.4 mi
- Benckini Tract: 1.5 mi
- Bauder Tract: 1.5 mi
- Robert Rodale Reserve: 5.2 mi
- Fuller Preserve (Jere Knight Nature Trail): 5.5 mi
- Buehler Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
- Church Hill: 1.4 mi
- Flint Hill: 1.8 mi
- South Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Bauer Rock: 3.7 mi
- Kohlberg: 3.7 mi
- Jesus the Teacher Statue: 0.7 mi
- St. Jane De Chantal Statue: 0.8 mi
- Our Lady of Deliverance Statue/Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
- Mine Master's House: 1.7 mi
- President Pumping Engine: 1.8 mi
- Lost River Caverns: 3.0 mi
- SteelStacks: 4.5 mi
- The Sun Inn: 5.1 mi
- Speed Slides: 8.5 mi
- Aqua Racer: 8.5 mi
- Lehigh Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Hopewell Park Rose Garden: 3.2 mi
- Esperanza: 4.3 mi
- Sand Island Children's Garden: 4.6 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 4.8 mi
- Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 3.5 mi
- The Bridge: 4.5 mi
- Amos The Greyhound: 4.9 mi
- Nittany Lion Mascot Statue: 4.9 mi
- John Amos Comenius Monument: 5.7 mi
- Charlie Brown's Clearing: 5.0 mi
- Picinic Table (S): 6.4 mi
- Picinic Table (C): 6.5 mi
- Parkside Pavillion: 8.7 mi
- Carousel Grove: 8.8 mi
- Lehigh Park Spring: 6.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 6.6 mi
- Helfrichs Spring: 8.4 mi
- Poorhouse Spring: 9.3 mi
- Marble Spring: 16.0 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs: 11.0 mi
- Mount Washington: 12.7 mi
- Saint Anthonys Nose: 15.3 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 16.2 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 17.1 mi
- Wilson Avenue River Access: 6.5 mi
- Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 18.4 mi
- High Falls: 12.8 mi
- Princess Run Waterfall: 21.4 mi
- 309 Truck Stop: 3.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saucon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gap Hill | WSW 248° | 349 m | 14.9 mi |
| Bauer Rock | WNW 287° | 317 m | 3.7 mi |
| Flint Hill | SE 140° | 308 m | 1.8 mi |
| Gaffney Hill | NE 49° | 308 m | 8.0 mi |
| Kirchberg | NE 46° | 305 m | 4.0 mi |
| South Mountain | N 354° | 301 m | 3.2 mi |
| Haycock Mountain | ESE 118° | 295 m | 9.0 mi |
| Kohlberg | ENE 74° | 294 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:55 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1187001 — Saucon Hill, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357311511
Day trips start here
- Hellertown · 3 mi
- Bethlehem · 5 mi
- Allentown · 7 mi
- Emmaus · 7 mi
- Lehigh Valley · 7 mi
- Quakertown · 8 mi
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