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A broad shallow river running over grey stones between steep wooded slopes in hazy morning light

2.4°F cooler in July · Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Reserve a Jim Thorpe historic hotel stay in the Lehigh gorge

from $260for two, 2 nightsfrom $130 per person

The nearest stay in our catalog is also the mildest step down from a Plymouth Meeting July. A Jim Thorpe historic hotel stay puts you in a brick river town wedged between mountains, where the Lehigh River has cut a gorge and the afternoons run a couple of degrees easier than at home.

55°60°65°70°75°80°85°90°85.9°F83.5°FOfficeJim Thorpe2.4° cooler
The gap here is the smallest of the ten. Jim Thorpe sits low, at the bottom of its gorge, so it gains less from height than the plateau towns do.

Broadway, the gorge and the lake above town

Broadway climbs steeply from the river between rows of nineteenth century brick buildings. Above the bend of the river, Flagstaff Mountain gives a view straight down into the gorge.

Lehigh Gorge State Park follows the river north on a level trail, and Mauch Chunk Lake Park lies a few miles west of town for a quiet afternoon by the water.

Average July high at the lodging83.5°F
Average July high at the office85.9°F
July afternoons, cooler by2.4°F
July nights, cooler by2.7°F
Coordinates of the lodging40.8639° N, 75.7387° W
CountyCarbon County, Pennsylvania
Road from the office64 miles, about 1 h 17 min
Nights in the quote2
3.9Jan4.0Feb3.9Mar2.9Apr2.3May2.7Jun2.4Jul2.3Aug2.5Sep3.1Oct3.6Nov4.0Dec
Jim Thorpe runs only slightly cooler than the office in most months. Expect a lighter summer, not a different season.
A red brick building with an ornate black iron balcony and dormers, a wooded mountainside rising behind

Four floors of brick behind an iron balcony

The hotel is a Victorian building on the main street, four stories of red brick with a long cast iron balcony across the front. Rooms are reached from inside, and the hotel keeps its own parking lot.

Breakfast is not part of the rate. The written quote tells you what the hotel offers in the morning and at what cost.

Two weeknights, priced from the hotel's rate

from $260

for two people, 2 nights, from $130 per person

The figure starts from $126, the least costly rate for a queen room that a public hotel search site showed for a Monday night in November 2026. Search site figures can already carry estimated taxes, so treat it as the high side of a quiet week.

Pennsylvania adds its 6% hotel occupancy tax and Carbon County its 3% room tax on top of the room.

Counted in this figure for two

  • The room for two for 2 weeknights at the hotel's rate for the month
  • Parking in the hotel's own lot

Paid on top

  • Pennsylvania's 6% hotel occupancy tax and Carbon County's 3% room tax
  • Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, which the hotel prices higher
  • Breakfast and other meals
  • Fuel and the drive

Jim Thorpe from May to October

May through October, when the river trail is open end to end and the town is fully awake. July and August weekends are the busiest; a Monday to Wednesday visit is calmer and usually costs less.

January to March the hotel stays open, but the gorge trail and the river season are over, and the office plans fewer stays.

An hour and a quarter up the Northeast Extension

From the office it is about 64 miles by road, roughly an hour and seventeen minutes in light traffic. Arriving after 3 pm keeps you clear of the check-in wait.

A quote for the Lehigh gorge

Tell us your weeknights and we will ask the hotel which rooms are open. The answer comes in writing, with every night priced.

Ask about Jim Thorpe nights