Mauch Chunk Tower
Mauch Chunk Tower is a tower in Borough of Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Mauch Chunk Tower is situated nearby to the peak Bear Mountain, as well as near the hamlet Packerton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bear Mountain and Asa Packer Mansion.
Bear Mountain
Peak
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.
Asa Packer Mansion
Museum
Photo: Chris18240, Public domain.
The Asa Packer Mansion is a historic house museum on Packer Road in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, United States. Completed in 1861, it was the home of Asa Packer, a coal and railroad magnate, philanthropist, and founder of Lehigh University. Asa Packer Mansion is situated 2 miles west of Mauch Chunk Tower.
Harry Packer Mansion
Guest house
Photo: KForce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Harry Packer Mansion, is a historic home which is located in Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located in the Old Mauch Chunk Historic District, this residence was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1974. Harry Packer Mansion is situated 2 miles west of Mauch Chunk Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Packerton and Jim Thorpe.
Packerton
Hamlet
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Packerton is a village located in Mahoning Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River and U.S. Route 209 between Jim Thorpe and Lehighton. It uses the Lehighton ZIP code of 18235. Packerton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Mauch Chunk Tower.
Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe is a borough in the Coal Region, near Lehighton, Allentown and the Lehigh Valley, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Harrity
Hamlet
Harrity is a village in Franklin Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania on the Pohopoco Creek, which flows westward from Beltzville Lake into the Lehigh River to the south of the village in Parryville. Harrity is situated 3 miles southeast of Mauch Chunk Tower.
Mauch Chunk Tower
- Type: Tower
- Location: Borough of Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.8737° or 40° 52′ 25″ northLongitude
-75.69927° or 75° 41′ 57″ westElevation
1,667 feet (508 metres)Open location code
87G6V8F2+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 357363676OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerGeoNames ID
5200160
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