Adams Island

Adams Island is a man-made island in the in . It is located between Tilghman Street Bridge and Hamilton Street Bridge, and just upstream from the smaller Eves Island.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Adam Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coca-Cola Park and Allentown Art Museum.

Stadium
Photo: Spikerogan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a baseball park in . It is the home field for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Triple-A level Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Museum
Photo: Alphageekpa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The of the Lehigh Valley is an art museum located in . It was founded in 1934 by a group organized by Walter Emerson Baum, a Pennsylvania impressionist painter.

House
Photo: Alphageekpa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an historic home located at in . One of the older homes in Allentown, it was built between 1768 and 1770, and is a two-and-one-half-story, built with stone in Georgian architectural style.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allentown and West Catasauqua.

Photo: ShootingforStars, CC0.
is the largest city in the region of eastern , the county seat and largest city in Lehigh County, and the third-largest city in Pennsylvania after and with a population of 125,845 as of 2020.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated village in in , . Once a port and station along the busy Lehigh Canal, it is colloquially known as West Catty. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Adams Island.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in the extreme eastern in , . It is part of the , which has a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Adams Island.

Adams Island

Latitude
40.61398° or 40° 36′ 50″ north
Longitude
-75.45374° or 75° 27′ 14″ west
Elevation
256 feet (78 metres)
Open location code
87G6JG7W+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 49455973
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
5177856
Wiki­data ID
Q49631377
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Satellite Map

Discover Adams Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Adams Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Adams Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Pennsylvania)”
  • Cebuano: “Adams Island”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Overlook Park and The Waterfront.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include South Docks and Allen Street Plaza.

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