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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.
Pisgah Mountain, located along the southern fringe of northeastern Pennsylvania's Poconos region is also central to the Southern Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania— known as the site of the Richest Anthracite Seam, in the heart of the Southern Pennsylvania Anthracite Field and the geological province known as the Anthracite Upland section.
From the summit one can view the northernmost extension of the geologic province known as the Glaciated Low Plateaus section. The mountain itself is in the Ridge and Valley Appalachians. To access the summit one can take the Pinnacle Rock trail. The trailhead is on the west side of the mountain and is a nine hundred foot vertical gain.
As the April 18 tax deadline nears and state returns are filed, many Pennsylvania taxpayers will likely be -- or are already -- wondering how long it'll take to get their refunds this year. The...
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Cross Mountain and Hearthstone Mountain 2,021 feet (616 m) which is on the Maryland side, form a unique geologic formation known as the "Punchbowl". This feature was created by the weathered shales of the Ordovician age in the center of a south-plunging anticline , having been eroded to expose a large amphitheater like feature (punchbowl).
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Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado. Alan R. Geyer (1979) "Outstanding Geologic Features of Pennsylvania", Geological Survey of Pennsylvania; Charles H. Shultz (1999) The Geology of Pennsylvania, Geological Survey of Pennsylvania ISBN 0-8182-0227-0; Jere Martin (1997) Pennsylvania Almanac. Stackpole Books, ISBN 0-8117-2880-3