Swoveberg
Swoveberg rises to 257 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 12 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Swoveberg (Swovenberg, from German: Schwaben Berg, "Swabia Mountain") is a low mountain in Northampton County, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The main peak, which rises to 853 feet (260 m), is in Lower Saucon Township, east of Hellertown. Hellertown Reservoir adjoins the mountain to the south. It is a part of the Reading Prong of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Wikidata Q24191615, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 257 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
- 12.9 mi off the Delaware River Scenic Byway, National
- 15.3 mi off the Delaware River Valley
Overlooks nearby
- Foul Rift Observation Deck · 20 mi
- Goat Hill Overlook · 24 mi
- Old Mill Overlook · 24 mi
- Scenic Overlook - Delaware River · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Southeastern Park: 1.2 mi
- Alfred J. Fritchman Reservoir Park: 1.3 mi
- Polk Valley Park: 1.8 mi
- Morris J. Dimmick Park: 1.8 mi
- Water Authority Park: 1.9 mi
- Heller–Wagner Grist Mill: 2.4 mi
- Springfield Township Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Steelworkers' Archives: 4.0 mi
- National Museum of Industrial History: 4.5 mi
- Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum: 4.9 mi
- Focht Hill: 0.9 mi
- Kohlberg: 1.0 mi
- Kirchberg: 1.2 mi
- Granite Hill: 1.8 mi
- Bitts Hill: 2.2 mi
- Lost River Caverns: 1.7 mi
- SteelStacks: 4.3 mi
- The Sun Inn: 5.3 mi
- Josiah White II Canal Boat: 6.6 mi
- Crayola Experience: 9.0 mi
- Geissinger Grist Mill: 4.2 mi
- Lock 44: 4.2 mi
- Taylor Field Memorial: 4.4 mi
- WWII Monument: 4.6 mi
- Nick Dutko Monument: 4.6 mi
- Lehigh Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Esperanza: 4.6 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 5.0 mi
- Japanese Serenity Garden: 5.0 mi
- Sand Island Children's Garden: 5.1 mi
- Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 4.3 mi
- The Bridge: 4.4 mi
- Amos The Greyhound: 5.2 mi
- Nittany Lion Mascot Statue: 5.2 mi
- John Amos Comenius Monument: 5.6 mi
- Charlie Brown's Clearing: 4.0 mi
- Picinic Table (S): 6.1 mi
- Picinic Table (C): 6.1 mi
- Parkside Pavillion: 12.2 mi
- Carousel Grove: 12.3 mi
- Nockamixon Cliffs: 7.3 mi
- Mount Washington: 8.8 mi
- Saint Anthonys Nose: 11.5 mi
- lower waterfall ledge: 14.3 mi
- Devil's Tea Table: 14.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 9.6 mi
- Lehigh Park Spring: 9.7 mi
- Helfrichs Spring: 10.6 mi
- Marble Spring: 12.0 mi
- Poorhouse Spring: 12.8 mi
- High Falls: 9.1 mi
- Princess Run Waterfall: 20.5 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 24.7 mi
- Wilson Avenue River Access: 3.7 mi
- Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 19.8 mi
- 309 Truck Stop: 7.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swoveberg. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotts Mountain | NE 45° | 331 m | 16.0 mi |
| Bauer Rock | W 263° | 317 m | 7.3 mi |
| Gaffney Hill | NE 35° | 308 m | 4.0 mi |
| Flint Hill | SW 218° | 308 m | 4.3 mi |
| Kirchberg | NW 311° | 305 m | 1.2 mi |
| Haycock Mountain | SE 146° | 295 m | 7.5 mi |
| Kohlberg | S 188° | 294 m | 1.0 mi |
| South Mountain | WNW 297° | 282 m | 3.5 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1189202 — Swoveberg, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357315857
Day trips start here
- Hellertown · 2 mi
- Bethlehem · 5 mi
- Allentown · 9 mi
- Easton · 9 mi
- Lehigh Valley · 9 mi
- Phillipsburg · 10 mi
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