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Blue Mountain, Blue Mountain Ridge, or the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania is a ridge of the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Pennsylvania.Forming the southern and eastern edge of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians physiographic province in Pennsylvania, Blue Mountain extends 150 miles (240 km) from the Delaware Water Gap on the New Jersey border in the east to Big Gap in Franklin County in ...
South Mountain Range (Maryland−Pennsylvania) (36 P) Pages in category "Mountain ranges of Pennsylvania" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
This section includes Pennsylvania's highest point, Mount Davis, which stands at 3,213 feet (979 m) above sea level. Many of the mountains are long and broad with relatively shallow and broad valleys. Unlike the Appalachian Mountain section, the streams of this area have not cut deep and well defined valleys into the earth.
Blue Mountain uses RFID ticket scanners at every lift. The mountain offers 46 snow tubing trails, each over 1,000 feet (300 m) long. [citation needed] It was the only ski resort in Pennsylvania to offer family-size tubes which have been replaced with figure 8 tubes as well as single tubes, with both day and night snow tubing. [citation needed]
The Pocono Mountains, commonly referred to as the Poconos ( / ˈpoʊkənoʊz / ), are a geographical, geological, and cultural region in Northeastern Pennsylvania. They overlook the Delaware River and Delaware Water Gap to the east, Lake Wallenpaupack to the north, Wyoming Valley and the Coal Region to the west, and the Lehigh Valley to the south.
Ruffed grouse are chunky, medium-sized birds that weigh from 450–750 g (0.99–1.65 lb), measure from 40 to 50 cm (16 to 20 in) in length and span 50–64 cm (20–25 in) across their short, strong wings. [ 11] They have two distinct morphs: grey and brown. In the grey morph, the head, neck, and back are grey-brown; the breast is light with ...
South Mountain. / 40.32444°N 76.19556°W / 40.32444; -76.19556. South Mountain is a colloquial name applied to an Appalachian Mountain range extending north and northeast along the south side of Lebanon Valley to the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. South Mountain includes the southernmost cluster of peaks that straddle ...
Pennsylvania is 180 miles (290 km) north to south and 310 miles (500 km) east to west. The total land area is 44,817 square miles (116,080 km 2 )—739,200 acres (2,991 km 2) of which are bodies of water. It is the 33rd largest state in the United States. The state's highest point is 3,213 feet (979 m) above sea level at Mount Davis.