THE UPPER MILFORD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Reading Prong setting.
Upper Milford township has 18 square miles of land in Lehigh County. Its Census reference point is in Reading Prong, within Northeastern Highlands.
Forested hills and mountains span northern New England, the Adirondacks and higher Catskills. Glacial lakes and steep streams accompany a transition between northern hardwood and spruce-fir forests.
Regional context: Northeastern Highlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Upper Milford and Lehigh County
Upper Milford is associated with Lehigh County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Upper Milford by land and water
The Census records 0.05 square miles of water within Upper Milford, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 0.8% recorded for Lehigh County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Upper Milford township has 18.2 times the land area of nearby Macungie borough (0.99 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

