Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JC's Live Bait & Tackle Gouldsboro · shop=fishing in OpenStreetMap | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 41.24459, -75.45716 | The only tackle shop mapped on the headwater Lehigh, 0.43 km off the river at line-km 6. |
| 2 | Great Falls of the Lehigh Named falls on the main stem | Dam / hazard | 41.12923, -75.62741 | Sits directly on the centreline at line-km 33, above the Francis E. Walter pool. |
| 3 | Francis E. Walter Dam US Army Corps of Engineers | Dam / hazard | 41.11277, -75.72205 | Line-km 46 of 172. Everything above it is reservoir; scheduled releases set the whitewater season below. |
| 4 | Stocked trout section — upper limit at the F. E. Walter Reservoir outlet Carbon/Luzerne reach · PFBC | Regulation section limit | 41.11402, -75.72161 | Upper limit of the PFBC year-round stocked reach that runs from the reservoir outlet to the Sandy Run confluence. Placed at the dam itself. See the PFBC regulations for what applies. |
| 5 | Boat launch below Francis E. Walter Dam Unnamed in OpenStreetMap | Access / boat ramp | 41.11014, -75.72380 | First launch below the dam, 0.45 km downriver of it at line-km 46.4 and 0.04 km off the line. Named here from the dam, not from an OSM name. |
| 6 | Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-476) crossing Northeast Extension | Bridge crossing | 41.10419, -75.74949 | The only crossing between the dam and White Haven; line-km 49. |
| 7 | Lehigh Gorge Campground Private campground, White Haven | Campsite | 41.06649, -75.75274 | 1.4 km off the river at line-km 55, just above the White Haven launch. |
| 8 | Boat launch below White Haven Unnamed in OpenStreetMap | Access / boat ramp | 41.05324, -75.77042 | Line-km 56.5, 0.02 km off the line and 0.9 km below White Haven borough. Three OSM slipway objects sit within 80 m here and are one site, mapped once. |
| 9 | Stocked trout section — lower limit at the Sandy Run confluence Carbon/Luzerne reach · PFBC | Regulation section limit | 41.01785, -75.73856 | Lower limit of the reach that starts at the F. E. Walter Reservoir outlet. Placed where the mapped Sandy Run centreline meets the Lehigh — 0.000 km, a shared vertex. |
| 10 | Rockport non-powered boat launch Lehigh Gorge · car-top only | Access / boat ramp | 40.96662, -75.75469 | Line-km 71, 0.02 km off the line. The mid-gorge access between White Haven and Jim Thorpe. |
| 11 | Lehigh Gorge State Park DCNR | Park / conservation area | 40.95342, -75.74630 | The park follows the river through the gorge; this is its OpenStreetMap label point at line-km 81. No boundary relation is mapped. |
| 12 | Stocked trout section — upper limit above the Glen Onoko railroad bridge Carbon reach · PFBC | Regulation section limit | 40.88577, -75.75723 | The published upper limit is 0.33 mile upriver of the railroad bridge at Glen Onoko. The bridge is mapped at line-km 91.9; walking 0.53 km up the chained centreline lands here, at line-km 91.3. |
| 13 | Glen Onoko railroad bridge CNJ line · also the D&L Trail crossing | Bridge crossing | 40.88289, -75.76065 | Line-km 91.9, 0.01 km off the line. The anchor the section limit above it is measured from. |
| 14 | PA 903 bridge at Jim Thorpe North Street | Bridge crossing | 40.86993, -75.73764 | Line-km 95.5. The town crossing at the gorge take-out. |
| 15 | Stocked trout section — lower limit at the Mauch Chunk Creek confluence Carbon reach · PFBC | Regulation section limit | 40.86195, -75.73739 | Lower limit of the reach that begins above the Glen Onoko railroad bridge. Placed where the mapped Mauch Chunk Creek centreline meets the Lehigh — 0.000 km, a shared vertex. |
| 16 | Lehighton Outdoor Center Boat rental and outfitter | Outfitter / canoe rental | 40.83252, -75.70639 | Line-km 103, 0.16 km off the river. Tagged shop=outdoor plus amenity=boat_rental in OpenStreetMap. |
| 17 | Emerald Hollow Campground Private campground | Campsite | 40.82541, -75.68767 | 0.5 km off the river at line-km 105. |
| 18 | East Penn Boat Ramp Line-km 110 | Access / boat ramp | 40.79233, -75.65633 | 0.10 km off the line, sharing a riverbank with the Riverview Park primitive campsites. |
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Primitive Camping at Riverview Park East Penn Township | Campsite | 40.79137, -75.65561 | Beside the East Penn ramp at line-km 110, 0.13 km off the line. |
| 20 | Lehigh Gap Boat Ramp Line-km 115 · PA 248 crossing | Access / boat ramp | 40.78213, -75.60694 | 0.06 km off the line at the Lehigh Gap water gap. |
| 21 | USGS 01451000 — Lehigh River at Walnutport USGS streamgage | USGS gauge | 40.75704, -75.60296 | Coordinates taken from the water's own roster record. It falls 0.048 km from the chained centreline at line-km 118, which is what confirms both. |
| 22 | Walnutport Boat Ramp Line-km 118 | Access / boat ramp | 40.75265, -75.60199 | 0.04 km off the line, 0.5 km below the gauge. |
| 23 | Three Mile Dam Low-head dam on the main stem | Dam / hazard | 40.72605, -75.54327 | Line-km 126, directly on the centreline. First of the old industrial dams on the lower river. |
| 24 | Treichlers Bridge Boat Ramp Line-km 127 | Access / boat ramp | 40.73370, -75.54044 | 0.05 km off the line, just below Three Mile Dam. |
| 25 | Willie Marx's Bait & Tackle Northampton · shop=fishing in OpenStreetMap | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 40.69011, -75.50529 | 0.10 km off the river at line-km 134, immediately above Northampton Dam. |
| 26 | Northampton Dam Low-head dam on the main stem | Dam / hazard | 40.68921, -75.50269 | Line-km 134, 0.004 km off the centreline. |
| 27 | Number Seven Dam Low-head dam on the main stem | Dam / hazard | 40.60674, -75.45466 | Line-km 145, directly on the centreline above Allentown. |
| 28 | Sand Island Boat Launch Bethlehem · Sand Island Park | Access / boat ramp | 40.61504, -75.38624 | Line-km 152, 0.12 km off the line. |
| 29 | Boat launch at Saucon Unnamed in OpenStreetMap | Access / boat ramp | 40.61980, -75.33654 | Line-km 157, 0.07 km off the line. Named from the Saucon hamlet node 0.09 km away; no other place name is within a kilometre of it. |
| 30 | Freeman's Island Nature reserve, mid-river | Park / conservation area | 40.63124, -75.33173 | A mapped river island at line-km 158. |
| 31 | PFBC Route 33 Access Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission | Access / boat ramp | 40.64488, -75.27178 | Line-km 164, 0.24 km off the line. Three OSM objects describe this one site. |
| 32 | Glendon Dam Low-head dam on the main stem | Dam / hazard | 40.65894, -75.24465 | Line-km 167, on the centreline. |
| 33 | Lehigh River Easton Access Easton · line-km 172 | Access / boat ramp | 40.68892, -75.20664 | 0.05 km off the line, immediately above Easton Dam and the Delaware confluence. |
| 34 | Easton Dam Low-head dam at the mouth | Dam / hazard | 40.68906, -75.20497 | The last dam on the Lehigh, 0.1 km above the Delaware confluence. |
| 35 | The Shad Den Bait & Tackle Easton · shop=fishing in OpenStreetMap | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 40.69596, -75.20685 | 0.77 km off the river near the mouth at line-km 172. |
Gauge: USGS 01451000 — Lehigh River at Walnutport, PA. Live flow on the web page.
Species: American Shad, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye
Regulations: www.pa.gov/agencies/fishandboat/fishing/regulations
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Francis E. Walter Dam and White Haven: top of the gorge, rail trail access.
Lehigh Gorge State Park: trail access along the gorge with numerous walk-in points.
Rockport: mid-gorge access and raft launch.
Jim Thorpe: town access at the bottom of the gorge, outfitters and shuttles.
Bowmanstown, Palmerton and Walnutport: valley accesses in the smallmouth reach near the gauge.
Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton: lower river access toward the Delaware.
April through June: stocked and wild trout in the gorge, sulphurs and caddis, shad in the lower river.
July and August: whitewater release season; fish the gorge on non-release days and the valley for smallmouth.
September and October: the best trout month up top and prime smallmouth below Jim Thorpe.
November through March: cold, low and quiet; the gorge fishes on mild days.