National Canal Museum
The National Canal Museum, officially the Hugh Moore Historical Park & Museums, is a museum in Easton, Pennsylvania, and part of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor.- Type: Museum
- Description: history museum in Easton, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “National Canal Museum / D&L Headquarters”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chain Bridge and Morgan Hill.
Chain Bridge
Ruins
Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chain Bridge or Change Bridge, also known as the Lehigh Canal Swinging Bridge and as Wire Towing Path at Pool No. 8, is a historic change bridge spanning the Lehigh River at Palmer Township and Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Chain Bridge is situated 3,900 feet southwest of National Canal Museum.
Morgan Hill
Peak
Morgan Hill, or Mammy Morgans Hill is a low mountain in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The main peak rises to 673 feet, and is located in Williams Township, to the south of Easton. Morgan Hill is situated 2 miles east of National Canal Museum.
Easton Area Public Library
Library
Photo: Hunter Kahn, Public domain.
The Easton Area Public Library serves Easton, Pennsylvania in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It is a Carnegie library and was predated by a community library constructed by the Easton Library Company in 1811. Easton Area Public Library is situated 2½ miles northeast of National Canal Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palmer Heights and Easton.
Palmer Heights
Village
Palmer Heights is a census-designated place in the Town of Palmer, Pennsylvania. The population of Palmer Heights was 3,762 at the 2010 census. Palmer Heights is part of the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Palmer Heights is situated 2½ miles northwest of National Canal Museum.
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.
Raubsville
Hamlet
Raubsville is a census-designated place in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Raubsville was 1,079 residents as of the 2020 census. Raubsville is situated 3 miles southeast of National Canal Museum.
National Canal Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Northampton, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.66194° or 40° 39′ 43″ northLongitude
-75.23933° or 75° 14′ 22″ westLevels
2Open location code
87G6MQ66+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 346984016OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6971236
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In Other Languages
“National Canal Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “国家运河博物馆”
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Highlights include Josiah White II Canal Boat and Fishing Pier.
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