Mount Mohican

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Mount Mohican
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 / 41.01500; -75.04222 Coordinates: 41°0′54″N75°2′32″W / 41.01500°N 75.04222°W / 41.01500; -75.04222
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, New Jersey County in the United States

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.

New Jersey State of the United States of America

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is located on a peninsula, bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, particularly along the extent of the length of New York City on its western edge; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous, with 9 million residents as of 2017, and the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states; its biggest city is Newark. New Jersey lies completely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia. New Jersey was the second-wealthiest U.S. state by median household income as of 2017.

Appalachian Trail Hiking trail in the USA

The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the Eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. The trail is about 2,200 miles (3,500 km) long, though the exact length changes over time as parts are modified or rerouted. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy describes the Appalachian Trail as the longest hiking-only trail in the world. More than 2 million people are said to take a hike on part of the trail at least once each year.

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References

  1. Verified elevation from USGS topographic map Bushkill
  2. "Peakbagger.com: Mount Mohican, New Jersey" . Retrieved May 11, 2014.
  3. USGS Bushkill Quadrangle, New Jersey - Pennsylvania, 7.5 Minute - Series (Topographic) 2013