Cove Mountain, Pennsylvania
Cove Mountain is a pair of mountain ridge lines in Perry County, south central Pennsylvania, in the United States.[1] A part of the Ridge-and-Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains, Cove Mountain is a syncline that is located near the borough of Duncannon, and is approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of the state capital of Harrisburg.[2] A 353-acre (143 ha) portion of the mountain was purchased by the Pennsylvania chapter of the Nature Conservancy in 2017, and is operated as a nature preserve that is open to the public.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Cove Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- ^ "Cove Mountain / Hawk Rocks : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering". SummitPost. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ Ryan, Jim (25 February 2017). "Nature Conservancy will protect ridge in Cove Mountain Preserve". Perry County Times. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
40°21′09″N 77°05′23″W / 40.35250°N 77.08972°W
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