Number One Dam

Number One Dam is a dam in Borough of Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Number One Dam is situated nearby to the peak Bear Mountain, as well as near the hamlet Packerton.

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 southwest of Number One Dam.

Mauch Chunk station

Railway station

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Central Railroad of New Jersey Station, also known as the Jersey Central Station and Jim Thorpe Station, is a historic railroad station in Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Mauch Chunk station is situated 2 miles southwest of Number One Dam.

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 2 miles south of Number One Dam.