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. It was formed by the Lehigh River, where it cuts through the Blue Mountain in Pennsylvania.
The Shawangunk Formation at Lehigh Gap in October 2008
Aerial view of Lehigh Gap in Pennsylvania, including Lower Towamensing and East Penn Township in Carbon County, Washington Township in Lehigh County, and Lehigh Township in Northampton County
Lehigh Gap Nature Center in Slatington, Pennsylvania in October 2015
Lehigh Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Lehigh Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Lehigh Township was 10,526 as of the 2010 census. 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.
A Lehigh Township cornfield in June 2010
PA Route 145 approaching PA Route 248 in Lehigh Township