Saucon Creek

Saucon Creek in Hellertown in September 2013
Ruins of the former Friedensville Road Bridge in Saucon Creek in Hellertown in September 2013
Meadows Road Bridge crossing Saucon Creek in Lower Saucon Township in September 2020

Saucon Creek is a 17.0-mile-long (27.4 km)[1] tributary of the Lehigh River in Lehigh and Northampton counties, Pennsylvania, in the United States.[2]

Saucon Creek starts in Lower Milford Township, flows to the northeast passing through the communities of Limeport, Bingen, and Hellertown, and joins the Lehigh River in Bethlehem. The Meadows Banquet Center in Hellertown and Saucon Park in Bethlehem are located along the Saucon. The Ehrhart's Mill Historic District is located along Saucon Creek.[3]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. ^ Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
  3. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2011-10-30. Note: This includes Hope R. and Kenneth R. LeVan, William Sisson (December 1986 – January 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ehrhart's Mill Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-10-29.