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The Francis E. Walter Dam is an embankment dam located in Bear Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Constructed in 1961 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, it spans the Lehigh River at its confluence with the tributary Bear Creek, creating the Francis E. Walter Reservoir.
The Lehigh River (/ ˈ l iː h aɪ /) is a 109-mile-long (175 km) [1] tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania.The river flows in a generally southward pattern from the Pocono Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania through Allentown and much of the Lehigh Valley before joining the Delaware River in Easton.
A map of Switchback Railroad Trail in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The Lehigh Switchback Rail-Trail is a rail trail in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. [1]The trail surface is natural, consisting of dirt, roots, rocks, and occasional coal chunks.
Camp Minsi is on the shores of the 314-acre (1 km 2) Stillwater Lake in Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania. The camp was donated to the Boy Scouts in 1949 by Samuel Rubel of the Pocono Mountain Ice Company. [2] The camp was formerly owned by Bethlehem Area Council prior to the establishment of Minsi Trails Council in 1969.
The Pocono Mountains, commonly referred to as the Poconos (/ ˈ p oʊ k ə n oʊ z /), are a geographical, geological, and cultural region in Northeastern Pennsylvania.They overlook the Delaware River and Delaware Water Gap to the east, Lake Wallenpaupack to the north, Wyoming Valley and the Coal Region to the west, and the Lehigh Valley to the south.
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, which stretches along the Lehigh River from a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control dam in Luzerne County to Jim Thorpe in Carbon County.
Stillwater Lake is a reservoir that covers approximately 315 acres (1.27 km 2).The lake is located in Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania, at an elevation of 1,811 feet (552 m).). Fed by Dotter's Run, Hawkeye Run, Pocono Summit Creek, and several underground springs, the lake flows out to Lake Naomi via Tunkhannock C
An integral part of the Lake Region of the Pocono Mountains, Lake Wallenpaupack is a recreation attraction in the tri-state area (Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York), particularly in the summertime. The lake provides boating, swimming, and fishing access in the summer, as well as snowmobiling, ice skating and ice fishing in the winter.