Lehigh River
The Lehigh River is a 109-mile-long tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania. The river flows in a generally southward pattern from the Pocono Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania through Allentown and much of the Lehigh Valley before joining the Delaware River in Easton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river located in eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States
- Also known as: “Great Lechau”, “Great Lechau River”, “Lecha”, “Lecha River”, “Lechauweeki River”, “Lechauweki River”, “Lechauwekink”, “Lechauwekink River”, “Lechauwiechink”, “Lechauwiechink River”, “Lechaw”, “Lechawecki”, “Lechaweing”, “Lechawiechink”, “Lechwiechink”, “Lehigh Creek”, “Lehigh Run”, “Meech-hanne”, and “West Branch of the Delaware River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Easton House and Phillipsburg Union Station.
Easton House
Historic building
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Easton House, also known as the Bachmann Publick House and George Taylor's Easton Property, is a historic inn and tavern located at Easton in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
Phillipsburg Union Station
Railway station
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Phillipsburg Union Station is an active railroad station museum, in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, United States, at 178 South Main Street. Opened in 1914, Union Station was built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad and shared with the Central Railroad of New Jersey and was situated where the lines merged before the bridge crossing the Delaware River.
State Theatre
Arts center
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The State Theatre, officially known as the State Theatre Center for the Arts, is a 1,500-seat, historic, American theater that is located in the City of Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Easton and Phillipsburg.
Easton
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Easton is one of three cities, along with Allentown and Bethlehem, that are the urban population centers of the Lehigh Valley in eastern Pennsylvania. In the Lehigh Valley, Easton borders the Delaware River and Phillipsburg, New Jersey to its east and Bethlehem to its southwest.
Phillipsburg
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Phillipsburg is an urban town in northwest New Jersey in the Skylands region of New Jersey in the United States. Phillipsburg was once a transportation hub where five train lines and three canals came together.
College Hill Residential Historic District
Hamlet
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College Hill is a residential neighborhood in Easton, Pennsylvania. The neighborhood is situated on the hill overlooking downtown Easton which was once known as Mount Lafayette, and before that, Mount Washington.
Lehigh River
- Categories: river, Pennsylvania Scenic River, and body of water
- Location: Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Lehigh River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Lehigh River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Lehigh”
- Catalan: “Lehigh”
- Cebuano: “Lehigh River”
- Chinese: “利哈伊河”
- Dutch: “Lehigh River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ليهيج”
- Esperanto: “Lehigh”
- French: “Lehigh”
- German: “Lehigh River”
- Hebrew: “נהר ליהיי”
- Irish: “Abhainn Lehigh”
- Japanese: “リーハイ川”
- Korean: “리하이강”
- Mingrelian: “ლიჰაი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ლიჰაი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lehigh River”
- Piemontese: “Lehigh”
- Polish: “Lehigh (rzeka)”
- Polish: “Lehigh”
- Russian: “Лехай (река)”
- Russian: “Лехай”
- Slovenian: “Lehigh River”
- Slovenian: “Lehigh”
- Slovenian: “reka Lehigh”
- South Azerbaijani: “لهیق چایی”
- Ukrainian: “Лігай”
- Venetian: “Lehigh”
- Welsh: “Afon Lehigh”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Williamsport and South Easton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hugh Moore Park and Easton Dam.
Pennsylvania: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and Scranton.
Curious Streams to Discover
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