Lackawanna River
The Lackawanna River is a 42-mile-long tributary of the Susquehanna River in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It flows through a region of the northern Pocono Mountains that was once a center of anthracite coal mining in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Pennsylvania, United States
- Also known as: “Gachanai”, “Hazirok”, “L’chau-hanne”, “Lackawannok”, “Lechau-hanne”, “Lechau-hannek”, and “Lechauwah-hannek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Campbell’s Ledge.
Campbell’s Ledge
Peak
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Campbell's Ledge is a geographical feature in Duryea, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It is about 1,280 feet above sea level. It is located about 0.3 miles south of the center of the nearby Campbell's Ledge Reservoir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pittston and Browntown.
Pittston
Town
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Pittston is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city lies in the Wyoming Valley on the east side of the Susquehanna River and on the south side of the Lackawanna River.
Browntown
Hamlet
Browntown is a census-designated place in Pittston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, adjacent to Pittston City. The CDP population was 1,418 at the 2010 census. Browntown is situated 2 miles south of Lackawanna River.
Port Griffith
Hamlet
Port Griffith is an unincorporated community found within the Greater Pittston metropolitan area of Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Port Griffith is situated 2½ miles southwest of Lackawanna River.
Lackawanna River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Luzerne, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Lackawanna River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Lackawanna”
- Cebuano: “Lackawanna River”
- Chinese: “拉克万纳河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر لاكاوانا”
- French: “Lackawanna”
- German: “Lackawanna River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Lackawanna”
- Japanese: “ラッカワナ川”
- Malayalam: “ലക്കാവാന്ന നദി”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lackawanna River”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lackawanna River”
- Persian: “رود لاکاوانا”
- Piemontese: “Lackawanna (fium)”
- Piemontese: “Lackawanna”
- Polish: “Lackawanna River”
- Swedish: “Lackawanna River”
- Turkish: “Lackawanna Nehri”
- Venetian: “Lackawanna”
- Welsh: “Afon Lackawanna”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pittston Junction and Upper Pittston.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Scovell Island and Campbell Ledge.
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