Bethlehem Power Plant
Bethlehem Power Plant is a power station in Lower Saucon Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Bethlehem Power Plant is situated nearby to the peak Green Hill, as well as near the village Freemansburg.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lutz-Franklin School and Kirchberg.
Lutz-Franklin School
Historic building
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lutz-Franklin School is an historic one-room school building which is located in Lower Saucon Township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. Lutz-Franklin School is situated 1½ miles east of Bethlehem Power Plant.
Kirchberg
Peak
The Kirchberg is a mountain in Northampton County, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The main peak, which rises to 1,004 feet, is in Lower Saucon Township, east of Hellertown, overlooking Saucon Gap to the west. Kirchberg is situated 2 miles south of Bethlehem Power Plant.
Focht Hill
Peak
Focht Hill is a low mountain in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The main peak, which rises to 807 feet, is in Lower Saucon Township east of Hellertown. The mountain is part of the Reading Prong of the Appalachian Mountains. Focht Hill is situated 2 miles south of Bethlehem Power Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freemansburg and Pembroke Village.
Freemansburg
Village
Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Freemansburg is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,875 as of the 2020 census. The Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long tributary of the Delaware River, flows through Freemansburg. Freemansburg is situated 2 miles west of Bethlehem Power Plant.
Pembroke Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
Pembroke is a public housing community in northeast Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The area was listed as a national historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Pembroke Village is situated 2 miles northwest of Bethlehem Power Plant.
Wassergass
Hamlet
Wassergass is an unincorporated community in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Wassergass 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. Wassergass is situated 2½ miles southeast of Bethlehem Power Plant.
Bethlehem Power Plant
- Type: Power station
- Also known as: “Calpine Bethlehem Energy Center”
- Categories: gas turbine power station, natural gas-fired power station, and industry
- Location: Lower Saucon Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.61841° or 40° 37′ 6″ northLongitude
-75.31269° or 75° 18′ 46″ westInception
December 2002Operator
CalpineOpen location code
87G6JM9P+9WOpenStreetMap ID
way 258419746OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q11960904
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Bethlehem Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bethlehem Energy gasskraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bethlehem gasskraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Bethlehem gasskraftverk”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Green Hill and Bethlehem Earth.
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