Mount Mohican | |
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Raccoon Ridge | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,580 ft (480 m) NGVD 29 [1] |
Prominence | 40 ft (12 m) [2] |
Coordinates | 41°0′54″N75°2′32″W / 41.01500°N 75.04222°W Coordinates: 41°0′54″N75°2′32″W / 41.01500°N 75.04222°W |
Geography | |
Location | Warren County, New Jersey, U.S. |
Parent range | Kittatinny Mountains |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Hiking |
Mount Mohican, or Raccoon Ridge, is a peak of the Kittatinny Mountains in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. The mountain stands 1,580 feet (482 m) in height. It lies along the Appalachian Trail in Worthington State Forest. [3]
Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 106,798, making it the 19th-most populous of the state's 21 counties, representing a decrease of 1.7% from the 108,692 enumerated in the 2010 United States Census, in turn having increased by 6,255 (+6.1%) from 102,437 counted at the 2000 Census, Its county seat is Belvidere. It is part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area and is generally considered the eastern border of the Lehigh Valley. It is considered part of the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area, and shares its eastern border with the New York City Metropolitan Area, with its northwestern section bordering The Poconos. The most populous place was Phillipsburg, with 14,950 residents at the time of the 2010 Census, while Hardwick Township, covered 37.92 square miles (98.2 km2), the largest total area of any municipality.
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