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Pisgah Mountain, or Pisgah Ridge on older USGS maps, is a ridgeline [3] running 12.5 miles (20.1 km) from Tamaqua to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania from the Little Schuylkill River water gap to the Lehigh River water gap. The mountain runs north-northeast to south-southwest, and its north-side valley is followed by U.S. Route 209 from
Mt. Pisgah is a peak that is located in northeastern Pennsylvania's Glaciated Low Plateau region, also known as the Endless Mountains. This mountain peak lies next to a state park named after the mountain, Mt. Pisgah State Park. There is a hiking trail to the summit that has a view of the surrounding countryside, 1,000 feet (305 m) feet below.
Mt. Pisgah's view is an excellent place to gain knowledge of some effects of geology and topography on the economic development of this part of Pennsylvania. The landscape near Mt. Pisgah is developed on complexly folded and faulted metamorphic rocks that range in age from Precambrian to Ordovician (600 to 450 mya).
Mount Pisgah is located above Jim Thorpe and is the northeastern end of the 12.5-mile-long Pisgah Mountain (or Pisgah Ridge) above the Lehigh Valley.The peak is located in northeastern Pennsylvania's Anthracite Upland region on the west bank of the Lehigh River just north of and parallel to Broadway, which is a block downhill from the lower looping end of the historic Lehigh Coal & Navigation ...
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Mt. Pisgah State Park is a 1,302-acre (527 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Smithfield, Springfield, Troy and West Burlington Townships, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is located almost exactly halfway between Troy and Towanda , along Pennsylvania State Route 3019, near U.S. Route 6 , at the base of Mt. Pisgah .
A 1756 map of the Endless Mountains on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. An autumn view from Elk Mountain Ski Resort in the Endless Mountains. Several Native American bands settled the area in prehistoric times.
Mount Pisgah, York County, Pennsylvania Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name.