Jim Thorpe Access — Local services in Jim Thorpe

The Lehigh Gorge Trail access at Jim Thorpe is a super popular place for people visiting the little beautiful town. It has a huge parking lot but "one dimensional" about one mile long from the train station all the way to the bridge. The parking lot charges $25/day which is not too bad. The business part of Jim Thorpe is right across the street of the train station which is very nice to walk around and check out...

I was in town a couple of days ago and decided to visit the river ( Lehigh River), first off the river and all the scenery is as well beautiful. The day I was there the river was higher than usual and very fast with huge rapids everywhere, making the river not only beautiful but terrifying too. Never ever misjudge the Lehigh River, so powerful and deadly, that is what makes it so...

I was just standing at the river bank enjoying the view of river. I saw lot of people were rafting and current seemed heavy. Some folks were struggling to get into raft on time and raft started to float. Parking fee is $6 to enter this...