Lehigh Gap
Lehigh Gap is a mountain saddle in Carbon County, Pennsylvania and has an elevation of 512 feet. Lehigh Gap is situated nearby to the locality Gap Junction, as well as near the hamlet Weiders Crossing.Places of Interest
Highlights include Palmerton Area High School and Fireman’s Drinking Fountain.
Palmerton Area High School
School
Palmerton Area High School is a four-year public high school in Palmerton in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Palmerton Area High School is the sole high school operated by Palmerton Area School District.
Fireman’s Drinking Fountain
Work of art
Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fireman's Drinking Fountain is a historic drinking fountain located at Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1909, and is a 12-foot high monument, with a 7-foot, 3-inch, statue of a volunteer fireman holding a child in his left hand and a lantern in his right.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lehigh Gap and Aquashicola.
Lehigh Gap
Hamlet
Photo: Jstuby, Public domain.
The Lehigh Gap or Lehigh Water Gap is a water gap located in the townships of Lehigh, Washington, Lower Towamensing, and East Penn in the Lehigh Valley and Coal Region regions of eastern Pennsylvania.
Aquashicola
Hamlet
Aquashicola is an unincorporated community located in Lower Towamensing Township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Aquashicola is located at the intersection of Little Gap Road and Forest Inn Road north of the Aquashicola Creek and immediately east of Palmerton.
Berlinsville
Hamlet
Berlinsville is an unincorporated community in Lehigh Township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
Lehigh Gap
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 512 feet
- Also known as: “Buchkabuchka”
- Category: landform
- Location: Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.78741° or 40° 47′ 15″ northLongitude
-75.60892° or 75° 36′ 32″ westElevation
512 feet (156 metres)Open location code
87G6Q9PR+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 631381465OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleGeoNames ID
5197650
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