Summit Hill

History

Anthracite coal was discovered on the ridgeline of Sharpe Mountain (now known as Pisgah Mountain) in 1791 by a hunter. along the northeast-to-southwest-running ridgeline of Pisgah Mountain lying several hundred feet below the ridge on the north slope in an area that became the boroughs of Summit Hill and Lansford. Summit Hill High School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Geography

Summit Hill is located in western Carbon County at (40.827420, -75.865892). The main development of the borough is on the crest of Pisgah Mountain, but the borough limits extend north to the ridgecrest of Nesquehoning Mountain, south to the far side of Mauch Chunk Mountain, and east to cover most of Mauch Chunk Lake. Also on the northern border is the borough of Lansford, while Tamaqua in Schuylkill County is on the western border. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Summit Hill borough has a total area of , of which is land and , or 4.54%, is water. Summit Hill is located southwest of Jim Thorpe and 1 mile south of Lansford. Summit Hill's elevation varies from above sea level in the borough center to at the highest point on Pisgah Mountain to at Mauch Chunk Lake.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Lehighton Area Elementary Center
  Elementary · Lehighton · 998 students · 13.7:1 ratio
• Panther Valley JSHS
  High · Lansford · 771 students · 18.4:1 ratio
• Lehighton Area HS
  High · Lehighton · 660 students · 10.3:1 ratio
• L B Morris El Sch
  Elementary · Jim Thorpe · 624 students · 12.5:1 ratio
• Panther Valley El Sch
  Elementary · Nesquehoning · 622 students · 15.6:1 ratio
• Jim Thorpe Area HS
  High · Jim Thorpe · 565 students · 14.1:1 ratio
• Lehighton Area MS
  Middle · Lehighton · 513 students · 10.3:1 ratio
• Panther Valley Intermediate Sch
  Middle · Lansford · 417 students · 17.4:1 ratio