Guard Lock 3
Guard Lock 3 is a lock gate in Washington Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Guard Lock 3 is situated nearby to the hamlet Lehigh Gap, as well as near the aerodrome Slatington Airport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fireman’s Drinking Fountain and Palmerton Area High School.
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. Fireman’s Drinking Fountain is situated 2 miles south of Guard Lock 3.
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. Palmerton Area High School is situated 2½ miles north of Guard Lock 3.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lehigh Gap and Berlinsville.
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.
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. Berlinsville is situated 1½ miles southeast of Guard Lock 3.
Slatington
Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Slatington is a borough in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The borough lies in the center of the highly populated Northeast megalopolis region of the U.S, 27 miles west of the Skylands and New Jersey state line, 69.6 miles north of Philadelphia, and 100 miles west of New York City.
Guard Lock 3
- Type: Lock gate
- Category: transportation
- Location: Washington Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.7788° or 40° 46′ 44″ northLongitude
-75.60401° or 75° 36′ 14″ westOpen location code
87G6Q9HW+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 635214972OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=lock_gate
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