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Saucon Hill

Saucon Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

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.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
204 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.54927, -75.37018

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • 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
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 60
  • 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
Attractions
Gardens: 33
Artworks: 22
  • 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
Picnic sites: 14
  • Charlie Brown's Clearing: 5.0 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 6.4 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 6.5 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 6.5 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 6.5 mi
Springs: 14
  • 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
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Falls: 12.8 mi
  • High Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • 309 Truck Stop: 3.9 mi
  • Rest Area: 6.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 6.5 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 18.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Saucon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gap HillWSW 248°349 m14.9 mi
Bauer RockWNW 287°317 m3.7 mi
Flint HillSE 140°308 m1.8 mi
Gaffney HillNE 49°308 m8.0 mi
KirchbergNE 46°305 m4.0 mi
South MountainN 354°301 m3.2 mi
Haycock MountainESE 118°295 m9.0 mi
KohlbergENE 74°294 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3219:5520:36
September equinox06:5018:2419:00
December solstice07:2215:5516:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038505968737164534333
Precip in3.83.24.44.24.54.65.64.85.14.93.64.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springtown 1 NNE, 5 mi away.

Sources

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

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