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    Lehigh Gorge State Park is a 4,548 acres (1,841 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Luzerne and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania. The park encompasses a gorge...
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    whitewater rafting, kayaking, and canoeing is through the Lehigh Gorge State Park. The Lehigh Gorge State Park begins at the Francis E. Walter Dam and ends in Jim...
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    system. A subsidiary, the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway (LGSR), offers daily service between Jim Thorpe and Lehigh Gorge State Park between the months of April...
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    trail runs through the Lehigh Gorge State Park, and was originally developed into a railroad corridor after an extension of the Lehigh Canal was first built...
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  • Lehigh River Gorge is a gorge in the Lehigh Gorge State Park, Luzerne & Carbon County, Pennsylvania. 40°54′48″N 75°44′45″W / 40.913443°N 75.745699°W...
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    thereafter. It is now an attraction in Lehigh Gorge State Park. The tunnel takes its name from the "Turn Hole" in the Lehigh River, a deep eddy where the river...
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    the Catawissa Creek. The Lehigh River cuts a gorge between Jim Thorpe and White Haven, which hosts the Lehigh Gorge State Park. Carbon County has a humid...
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    Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (category Populated places on the Lehigh River)
    referred to as the Grand Lehigh Canal, whose navigations shortened the Lehigh Gorge, now located in the Lehigh Gorge State Park route, cutting the distance...
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  • daylighted Rockport Tunnel, Rockport, Carbon County, Lehigh Valley Railroad (in Lehigh Gorge State Park, south portal visible from towpath across the river)...
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    the Lehigh Gorge Trail, a 26-mile (42 km) section that parallels the Lehigh River and the valley of the Lehigh Gorge at Lehigh Gorge State Park. From...
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    White Haven, Pennsylvania (category Populated places on the Lehigh River)
    elevation is 1,221 feet (372 m) above sea level. Lehigh Gorge State Park, which encompasses the Lehigh River, provides White Haven and the surrounding...
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    After the leaves fall View of the Lehigh Gorge from the Fireline Trail The most notable feature of Hickory Run State Park is the huge boulder field located...
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    without state parks as of 2023 are: Armstrong, Juniata, Lehigh, Montour, and Snyder counties. Two of these counties are sites of former state parks: Crooked...
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    square miles (0.7 km2), or 0.63%, is water. The Lehigh River, which is also part of Lehigh Gorge State Park, defines the township's eastern border. The community...
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    state parks in Luzerne County: Frances Slocum State Park (northern Luzerne County) Lehigh Gorge State Park (eastern Luzerne County) Nescopeck State Park...
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    Geology of Pennsylvania (category Geology of the United States by state)
    illustrated trail guide to the geology and historical archeology of Lehigh Gorge State Park: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Open-File Report 98–03...
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    To Trails Hazle Township Community Park & Soccer Fields Hickory Run State Park Lehigh Gorge State Park Memorial Park Altamont Hotel Duplan Silk Building...
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    Mud Run disaster (category Accidents and incidents involving Lehigh Valley Railroad)
    between Penn Haven and Hazle Creek Junctions through what is now the Lehigh Gorge State Park. Lookouts, including the brakemen and firemen, were posted on each...
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    Terminal, Great Gorge Route Ticket Office, New York Central Depot, Schoellkopf Station, Rapids View, Whirlpool Rapids, Whirlpool Point, Ongiara Park, Giant Rock...
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    location. The park extends from the creek in the bottom of the gorge up to the rim and across part of the plateau to the west. Colton Point State Park is known...
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    (72 km) Lower Lehigh Navigation was extended upriver another 39 miles (63 km) through the Upper Lehigh Canal and then through the Lehigh Gorge from Jim Thorpe...
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    Colton Point State Park, its sister park on the west rim of the gorge. Leonard Harrison State Park is known for its views of the Pine Creek Gorge, and offers...
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  • community and also a tourist waypoint as the southern entrance to Lehigh Gorge State Park; among other traffic, white water rafting and water sports sporting...
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    Lehigh Gorge State Park (Carbon and Luzerne Counties) Nescopeck State Park (Luzerne County) Promised Land State Park (Pike County) Swartswood State Park...
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    Gorge State Park (Carbon and Luzerne Counties) Locust Lake State Park (Schuylkill County) Nescopeck State Park (Luzerne County) Tobyhanna State Park (Monroe...
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    State Park (Lackawanna County) Lehigh Gorge State Park (Carbon and Luzerne Counties) Nescopeck State Park (Luzerne County) Ricketts Glen State Park (Columbia...
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    The focal point of the park is the more than 14 miles (23 km) of the Youghiogheny River gorge that passes through the park. The river provides whitewater...
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    state parks are within 30 miles (48 km) of Tuscarora State Park: Beltzville State Park (Carbon County) Hickory Run State Park (Carbon County) Lehigh Gorge...
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    authorized the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company to build the 25.2 miles (40.6 km) upper canal division from White Haven to the Lehigh Gorge and the docks...
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    Kinzua Bridge State Park is a 339-acre (137 ha) Pennsylvania state park near Mount Jewett, in Hamlin and Keating Townships, McKean County, Pennsylvania...
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