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South Mountain Reservoir is a lake worth visiting. This lake is so wonderful. If time allows, Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor is a national park worth taking a look at, and at South Mountain Reservoir you always meet someone from Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton. Be careful coming to South Mountain Reservoir, you might not ever want to return back home again. Camping at South Mountain Reservoir is good fun, Quaker woods Campground is a good local campground;
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| | Wedgewood Golf Course is a golf course close by. Spring Mountain is a very popular ski area in the vicinity.
A short journey to Crystal Spring is always worthwhile, and you need to have a look at Bauer Rock if you're here. South Mountain Reservoir sees pretty high levels of precipitation; May is the wettest month with most rain; the driest month of the year is February. All through the warm days of summer at South Mountain Reservoir highs are frequently in | |
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the 80's. For the period of the moonlight hours it's commonly in the 60's. High temperatures through the wintertime are normally in the 30's with winter lows in the 10's overnight here at South Mountain Reservoir.
There's some
flowing water nearby, Jordan Creek is a stream you can stop at while here; if you need a spot to stay Econo Lodge Allentown is a tremendous choice. This lake is so wonderful. Paddling on Tohickon Creek is so much fun, and why not
camp at Moyer's Lake and Campground while you're here at South Mountain Reservoir. Hit the slopes at Bear Creek in the vicinity; Unami Creek has a great whitewater paddling spot close by.
There's some interesting stuff to spot
at Little Lehigh Dam in close proximity to South Mountain Reservoir, and a glorious close by hotel is Allentown-Days Inn Lehigh Street.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 40.56556
Longitude: -75.46417
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Bear Creek, Pennsylvania, 7 miles away
510 vertical feet |
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Unami Creek, Montgomery CountyCounty, 11 miles away
Class IV-V+ - 7.7 miles long (Nursery Road 7334 to mouth) |
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Tohickon Creek, Bucks CountyCounty, 13 miles away
Class I-III - 4.7 miles long (Quakertown to Pennsylvania Route 563) |
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Lehigh River, Carbon / Lehigh / Northhampton / Monroe CountyCounty, 18 miles away
Class I-III - 82.1 miles long (Pennsylvania Route 435 to Canal Park Allentown) |
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Easy access to Rt 78, Rt 22 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Dorney Park 3 miles. Downtown Allentown within minutes....
