Lakes to paddle near Allentown–Bethlehem
31 LakePA 100 lakes (and 3 alternates) have a put-in within 60 miles of Allentown or Bethlehem in a straight line. Distances are as the crow flies, from the city's Census internal point (a point inside the city limits) to the lake's first listed put-in; driving distances are longer.
Distances are measured from Allentown or Bethlehem, whichever is closer to the put-in.
- Number 95: Lake Nockamixon Bucks County · Southeast · 1,450 acres · 13 mi from Bethlehem
- Number 91: Leaser Lake Lehigh County · Southeast · 117 acres · 19 mi from Allentown
- Number 38: Beltzville Lake Carbon County · Northeast · 949 acres · 20 mi from Allentown
- Number 97: East Bangor Lake Northampton County · Southeast · 90 acres · 20 mi from Bethlehem
- Number 96: Lake Galena Bucks County · Southeast · 365 acres · 22 mi from Bethlehem
- Number 98: Minsi Lake Northampton County · Southeast · 117 acres · 22 mi from Bethlehem
- Number 36: Mauch Chunk Lake Carbon County · Northeast · 330 acres · 24 mi from Allentown
- Number 88: Kaercher Creek Lake Berks County · Southeast · 31 acres · 26 mi from Allentown
- Number 92: Scotts Run Lake Berks County · Southeast · 22 acres · 31 mi from Allentown
- Number 86: Blue Marsh Lake Berks County · Southeast · 1,121 acres · 32 mi from Allentown
- Number 93: Hopewell Lake Berks County · Southeast · 68 acres · 32 mi from Allentown
- Number 87: Tuscarora Lake Schuylkill County · Southeast · 96 acres · 32 mi from Allentown
- Number 85: Locust Lake Schuylkill County · Southeast · 52 acres · 36 mi from Allentown
- Number 39: Bradys Lake Monroe County · Northeast · 229 acres · 38 mi from Bethlehem
- Number 37: Francis E. Walter Reservoir Luzerne and Carbon counties · Northeast · 100 acres · 38 mi from Allentown
- Number 99: Lake Luxembourg Bucks County · Southeast · 166 acres · 38 mi from Bethlehem
- Number 94: Marsh Creek Lake Chester County · Southeast · 535 acres · 38 mi from Allentown
- Number 89: Struble Lake Chester County · Southeast · 146 acres · 39 mi from Allentown
- Alternate A16: Tobyhanna Lake Monroe County · Northeast · 170 acres · 40 mi from Bethlehem
- Number 41: Gouldsboro Lake Monroe and Wayne counties · Northeast · 250 acres · 42 mi from Bethlehem
- Number 90: Chambers Lake Chester County · Southeast · 89 acres · 44 mi from Allentown
- Number 100: Levittown Lake Bucks County · Southeast · 20 acres · 44 mi from Bethlehem
- Number 84: Middle Creek Lake Lancaster County · Southeast · 361 acres · 46 mi from Allentown
- Number 45: Promised Land Lake Pike County · Northeast · 422 acres · 47 mi from Bethlehem
- Number 83: Sweet Arrow Lake Schuylkill County · Southeast · 100 acres · 47 mi from Allentown
- Number 44: Lower Lake Pike County · Northeast · 173 acres · 48 mi from Bethlehem
- Alternate A11: Lily Lake Luzerne County · Northeast · 160 acres · 49 mi from Allentown
- Number 43: Lake Wallenpaupack Pike and Wayne counties · Northeast · 5,700 acres · 51 mi from Bethlehem
- Number 82: Stovers Lake Lebanon County · South Central · 26 acres · 51 mi from Allentown
- Number 33: Briar Creek Lake Columbia County · Northeast · 51 acres · 53 mi from Allentown
- Number 35: Frances Slocum Lake Luzerne County · Northeast · 165 acres · 55 mi from Allentown
- Number 46: Shohola Lake Pike County · Northeast · 1,134 acres · 57 mi from Bethlehem
- Alternate A10: Harris Pond Luzerne County · Northeast · 30 acres · 59 mi from Allentown
- Number 81: Memorial Lake Lebanon County · South Central · 85 acres · 60 mi from Allentown
City points: US Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer (public domain). Straight-line miles to the first listed put-in.