Bear Mountain, in the

Lehigh Valley The Lehigh Valley (), known colloquially as The Valley, is a geographic region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh County and Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania. It is a component valley of the Great Appalachian Valley bound to the no ...

of Pennsylvania several miles above the

Lehigh Gap The Lehigh Gap or Lehigh Water Gap is a water gap located in the townships of Lehigh, Washington, Lower Towamensing and East Penn in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It was formed by the Lehigh River where it cuts through the ...

, is a steep-sided

east bank Transjordan, the East Bank, or the Transjordanian Highlands ( ar, شرق الأردن), is the part of the Southern Levant east of the Jordan River, mostly contained in present-day Jordan. The region, known as Transjordan, was controlled by num ...

ridgeline running about between the hairpin turn in the Lehigh the

Lenape The Lenape (, , or Lenape , del, Lënapeyok) also called the Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada. Their historical territory inclu ...

Amerindian people (Delaware people) visualized as a bear's snout, along many water gap gorges, to the steep face dropping down to the

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.Distance from Google topo map anchored: Left side, on the east river bank, elevation ca just off the water; Ridge right limit: on knob where Hatchery Road crosses the elevation line (Lehighton, PA 40.930056,-75.569044 per Google map). The sparsely settled mountain ridge is part of the

Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division and are also a belt within the Appalachian Mountains extending ...

, oriented east-northeast towards the

Delaware River The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for along the borders of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, before ...

climbing rapidly from the Lehigh left bank shoreline from about From topo map, consistent with known water heights of the Lehigh Canal, the upper dams of which are still in place. over an overhanging knob opposite the mouth of

Mauch Chunk Creek Mauch Chunk Creek (Lenape for "''at the bear mountain''" ) is a tributary of the Lehigh River in Carbon County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is dammed to form Mauch Chunk Lake near the borough of Summit Hill. The upper reaches of th ...

to more than in less than and to over in just the tourism and business district of

Jim Thorpe James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk): ''Wa-Tho-Huk'', translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native ...

. Bear Mountain is the prominent peak opposite the business district of the tourist attractions of Jim Thorpe in Carbon County, once termed being in the heart of "Switzerland of the United States". The former township and borough of East Mauch Chunk was settled outside the hustle and confusion of cross-river boomtown Mauch ChunkLetter by co-founder George Hauto in late December 1819, stated to a Pennsylvania State Rep. that Lehigh Navigation Company had built 40 buildings in the less than 18 months from commencing operations there. Various company officers and managers built homes across the upper pool instead of on company lands in upper Mauch Chunk.

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