Lehighton is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Lehighton is located 117.2 miles (188.6 km) west of New York City and 77.5 miles (124.7 km) northwest of Philadelphia.
US 209 southbound in Lehighton
Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Carbon County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,749. The county is part of the Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state.
Clockwise from top left: Beltzville State Park, Beltzville Lake, Bowmanstown, and Packerton
Corporate headquarters of Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company in Mauch Chunk, now Jim Thorpe; the company, which was founded in 1822 and dissolved in 1985, spearheaded the American Industrial Revolution, was founded in 1822 and dissolved in 1986.
A state historical marker in Jim Thorpe
The Lehigh River flowing through Riverview Park in Palmerton in March 2010