Cove Mountain, Pennsylvania Explained

Cove Mountain is a pair of mountain ridge lines in Perry County, south central Pennsylvania, in the United States. 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 15miles north of the state capital of Harrisburg.[1] A 353acres 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.[2]

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40.3525°N -77.0897°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cove Mountain / Hawk Rocks : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering . SummitPost . 9 December 2019.
  2. Web site: Ryan . Jim . Nature Conservancy will protect ridge in Cove Mountain Preserve . Perry County Times . 9 December 2019 . en . 25 February 2017.