Editing Packer Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
The township is in the western part of Carbon County and is bounded by [[Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania|Schuylkill County]] on the west. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|72.3|sqkm|disp=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010"/> It is in the [[Delaware River]] watershed and is drained by [[Quakake Creek]], a tributary of the [[Lehigh River]], except for a portion in the southwest that is drained by the [[Schuylkill River]] via Still Creek and the [[Little Schuylkill River]]. Its villages include Gerhards, Hudsondale, and Stewarts.

Broad Mountain, reaching an elevation of {{convert|1804|ft}} above sea level, occupies the southern half of the township, while Spring Mountain is along the northern border and has a high point of {{convert|1913|ft}}. Between the two mountains is the valley of Quakake Creek, the settled part of the township, with elevations from {{convert|1050|to|1300|ft}}.

Packer has a warm-summer [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfb'') and the [[hardiness zone]]s are 5b and 6a. Average monthly temperatures in Hudsondale range from 24.9&nbsp;°F in January to 69.7&nbsp;°F in July.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University }}</ref>

===Neighboring municipalities===
*[[Banks Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Banks Township]] (north)
*[[Weatherly, Pennsylvania|Weatherly]] (northeast)
*[[Lehigh Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Lehigh Township]] (east)
*[[Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania|Nesquehoning]] (south)
*[[Rush Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania|Rush Township, Schuylkill County]] (southwest)
*[[Kline Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania|Kline Township, Schuylkill County]] (west)