[4] The Aquashicola Volunteer Fire Department has been serving the township for numerous years.

The Little Gap Covered Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

of the Lehigh River which separates it from East Penn Township, and its southern geographic boundary is Blue Mountain.

Villages in the township include Aquashicola (locally pronounced "ack-wa-SHIK-la"), Christian Corner, Hazard, and Little Gap (which hosts the Blue Mountain Resort).

Pennsylvania Route 248 passes through the westernmost parts of the township, following the Lehigh River, and connects Lehighton to the northwest with the Allentown–Bethlehem area to south, as well as having nearby interchanges in Palmerton and Bowmanstown.

The township has a humid continental climate (Dfa/Dfb) and the hardiness zone is 6a except along the river and the Aquashicola Creek where it is 6b.

Average monthly temperatures in Aquashicola range from 28.3 °F in January to 73.3 °F in July.