Mt. Pisgah

Highest point
Elevation| 865 ft (264 m)
Prominence| 500 ft (150 m)
Geography
Location| York County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Parent range| Piedmont (United States)
Topo map| USGS Red Lion (PA) 7.5-minute Quadrangle

South-to-southeast view of the Susquehanna River Valley, Samuel S. Lewis State Park

Mount Pisgah is a peak in York County, Pennsylvania situated south-southwest of Wrightsville.

## Location[edit]

Mt. Pisgah is an 865-foot piece of rising ground that overlooks the Susquehanna River south of Wrightsville, standing about 500 feet above the surrounding rural landscape and providing wide-ranging views of the lower Susquehanna Valley. Samuel S. Lewis State Park is situated on Mt. Pisgah.[1] On clear days, visitors can see as far as Governor Dick Hill, about 18 miles away.

## Name[edit]

Mt. Pisgah is named for the biblical mountain in Jordan from which Moses first saw the promised land.

## Geology[edit]

Mt. Pisgah's view is an excellent place to gain knowledge of some effects of geology and topography on the economic development of this part of Pennsylvania. The landscape near Mt. Pisgah is developed on complexly folded and faulted metamorphic rocks that range in age from Precambrian to Ordovician (600 to 450 mya). These metamorphic rocks were originally sedimentary strata such as sandstones, conglomerates, limestones, dolomites, and shales that formed in near shore and shallow marine environments. The high pressures and temperatures of a mountain-building event (450 mya) along with deep burial caused recrystallization of the rocks into slates, phyllites, and schists. Periods of folding and faulting along with erosion and intermittent uplift occurred for hundreds of millions of years to form the present landscape. The Chickies Formation, a resistant rock unit composed mostly of quartzite, underlies Mt. Pisgah.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "SAMUEL S. LEWIS STATE PARK YORK COUNTY: MT. PISGAH AND THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY". State Park HQ. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
2. ^ "MT. PISGAH YORK COUNTY". Home of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Pennsylvania's Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 3 May 2022.

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Mountains of Pennsylvania

Allegheny Mountains|

* Allegheny Front
* Allegheny Mountain
* Bald Eagle Mountain
* Blue Knob
* Brush Mountain
* Herman Point
* Kinton Knob
* Laurel Hill
* Mount Davis
* Chestnut Ridge
* Negro Mountain
* North Mountain
* Pine Knob
* Ritchey Knob
* Schaefer Head
* Sugarloaf Knob
* Wills Mountain

Allegheny Plateau|

* Blue Ridge Mountain
* Camelback Mountain
* Elk Hill
* Endless Mountains
* Forkston Mountain
* Miller Mountain
* Mount Ararat
* Mount Pisgah (Bradford County)
* Penobscot Knob
* Pocono Mountains
* Red Rock Mountain

Blue Ridge Mountains|

* South Mountain

Reading Prong|

* Applebutter Hill
* Chestnut Hill
* Christines Hill
* Focht Hill
* Hexenkopf Hill
* Kirchberg
* Kohlberg
* Lehigh Mountain
* Morgan Hill
* Pektor Hill
* Saucon Hill
* South Mountain
* Swoveberg

Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians|

* Bake Oven Knob
* Bald Mountain
* Bear Mountain
* Bear Pond Mountains
* Big Mountain
* Big Savage Mountain
* Blue Mountain
* Clarks Knob
* Cross Mountain
* Dunning Mountain
* Hawk Mountain
* Martin Hill
* Mount Minsi
* Nesquehoning Mountain
* Parnell Knob
* The Pinnacle
* Savage Mountain
* Sharp Mountain
* Sideling Hill
* Tuscarora Mountain
* Tussey Mountain
* Williamsburg Mountain

Others|

* Buck Mountain
* Buckingham Mountain
* Butler Knob
* Catawissa Mountain
* Central Mountain
* Conewago Mountains
* Conococheague Mountain
* Haycock Mountain
* Haystack Mountain
* Jacks Mountain
* McCauley Mountain
* Moosic Mountains
* Mount Nittany
* Mount Pisgah (Carbon County)
* Nescopeck Mountain
* Osterhout Mountain
* Peters Mountain
* Pimple Hill
* Pisgah Mountain
* Sidneys Knob
* Turkey Hill
* Watchung Outliers

Coordinates: 39°59′44″N 76°32′58″W / 39.99556°N 76.54944°W / 39.99556; -76.54944
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