Bear Mountain
Bear Mountain, in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania several miles above the Lehigh Gap, is a steep-sided east bank ridgeline running about 9.96 miles between the hairpin turn in the Lehigh the Lenape Amerindian people visualized as a bear's snout, along many water gap gorges, to the steep face dropping down to the Penn Forest Reservoir.Places of Interest
Highlights: Asa Packer Mansion and Mauch Chunk station.
Asa Packer Mansion
Museum
Photo: Chris18240, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Packerton and Jim Thorpe.
Bear Mountain
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,660 feet
- Description: mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Borough of Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.8737° or 40° 52′ 25″ north
Longitude
-75.69936° or 75° 41′ 58″ west
Elevation
1,660 feet (506 metres)
Open location code
87G6V8F2+F7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Bear Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bear Mountain (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Pennsylvania, Carbon County, lat 40,87, long -75,70)”
- Cebuano: “Bear Mountain”
- Urdu: “بئیر ماؤنٹین”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Long Run and Indian Hills.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Long Run Cemetery and Long Run Church of the Brethren.
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