Lehigh Gorge State Park | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)[1] | |
Location | Pennsylvania, United States |
Coordinates | 40°57′58″N 75°45′31″W / 40.96611°N 75.75861°W |
Area | 4,548 acres (18.41 km2) |
Elevation | 1,027 ft (313 m)[2] |
Established | 1980 |
Named for | Lehigh Gorge |
Governing body | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
Website | Lehigh Gorge State Park |
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.
The primary recreational activity at Lehigh Gorge State Park is white water rafting.[3]