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White Haven is located at (41.059532, -75.776123 The borough is 17 miles (27 km) south of Wilkes-Barre, and 4 miles (6 km) west of the I-476 and I-80 interchange. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km 2), of which 1.2 square miles (3.2 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 2.12%, is water. [8]
[10] [11] By 1940, the road was paved between White Haven and Blakeslee. [12] In 1946, PA 615 was decommissioned and the segment went unnumbered. [13] By 1950, PA 940 was extended west from White Haven to US 309 in Hazleton. [14] In 1956, the segment from Mount Pocono to Paradise Valley was designated as an extension of PA 196. [15]
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. Although the dam was originally constructed for ...
There are three primary access areas for the park. The northern access point is at White Haven, just off exit 273 of Interstate 80 on Pennsylvania Route 940.This is the important northern entrance into the river cut gully or gap between highlands, and was an important barge loading transshipment point on the newly extended upper Lehigh Canal fed initially by a shortline railroad from the ...
Pennsylvania Route 437 (PA 437) is an 11.2-mile-long (18.0 km) state highway located in Luzerne County in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 940 in White Haven. The northern terminus is at PA 309 in the Fairview Township community of Mountain Top. PA 437 runs southeast-northwest through forested mountain areas as a two-lane undivided ...
Pennsylvania Route 115 (PA 115) is a 35.7-mile-long (57.5 km) north–south state highway in eastern Pennsylvania. It stretches from U.S. Route 209 (US 209) in Brodheadsville , Monroe County , northwest to Interstate 81 (I-81) and PA 309 near Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County .
To the west, directly across the river, is the borough of White Haven in Luzerne County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 1.15 square miles (2.99 km 2 ), of which 1.15 square miles (2.97 km 2 ) is land and 0.0077 square miles (0.02 km 2 ), or 0.54%, is water.
The Lehigh Gorge Trail has a fine crushed stone surface suitable for hiking and cycling. The 25-mile (40 km) downhill grade from White Haven to Jim Thorpe makes the trail popular with cyclists who use various shuttle services from the Jim Thorpe area to reach the White Haven trail head, for an easy "downhill" pedal.