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Welcome to Best Station ...

Best Station is located in Lehigh County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Best Station: Best Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Best Station is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Best Station lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Best Station: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities near Best Station ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Best Station.

  • Allentown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethlehem
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Emmaus
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Northampton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Tamaqua
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Catasauqua
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hellertown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Nazareth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Palmerton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Palmerton is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
  • Lehighton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Best Station. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Best Station.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Best Station. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Best Station.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Best Station. See our Newspapers Page for Best Station.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Best Station ...

Looking for more information about Best Station? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Best Station, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Best Station.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lehigh, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Best Station - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Best Station area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Best Station area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.