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.Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- 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 Lehigh and Hudson River Railway Bridge and Central Railroad of New Jersey Bridge.
Delaware River Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, Delaware River Bridge is an abandoned railway bridge originally built by the Lehigh Valley Railroad over the Delaware River between Easton, Pennsylvania and Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Easton and Phillipsburg.
Easton
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Lopatcong Township
Town
Photo: Nap173, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lopatcong Township is a township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 8,776, an increase of 762 from the 2010 census count of 8,014, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,249 from the 5,765 counted in the 2000 census. Lopatcong Township is situated 3 miles northeast of Lehigh River.
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 Arabic to Welsh—“Lehigh River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر ليهاي”
- 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
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