Jacks Mountain
Jacks Mountain is a peak in Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania and has an elevation of 1,542 feet. Jacks Mountain is situated nearby to the hamlet Maria Furnace, as well as near Fountain Dale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,542 feet
- Description: mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Jack’s Mountain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Raven Rock Mountain Complex and Jacks Mountain Covered Bridge.
Raven Rock Mountain Complex
Military installation
The Raven Rock Mountain Complex, also known as Site R and simply The Rock, is a U.S. military installation with an underground nuclear bunker near Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, at Raven Rock Mountain that has been called an "underground Pentagon".
Jacks Mountain Covered Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
The Jacks Mountain Covered Bridge is an historic American covered bridge which is located in Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maria Furnace and Iron Springs.
Maria Furnace
Hamlet
Maria Furnace is a South Mountain populated place on Toms Creek in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States, west of Fairfield, that was the location of an 1822 blast furnace until operations were moved to Caledonia.
Iron Springs
Hamlet
Iron Springs is a South Mountain populated place on Toms Creek, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States, located west of Fairfield, that is near the location of the 1822 Maria Furnace.
Monterey
Hamlet
Monterey, Pennsylvania, is an unincorporated community which was added to the USGS Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. After the site was surveyed c. 1839 for the never-completed Tapeworm Railroad, the summit community was settled on the…
Jacks Mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.7576° or 39° 45′ 27″ northLongitude
-77.41804° or 77° 25′ 5″ westElevation
1,542 feet (470 metres)Open location code
87F4QH5J+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 357292687OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Jacks Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jacks Mountain (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Pennsylvania, Adams County)”
- Cebuano: “Jacks Mountain”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Leo’s Pond and Fountaindale Lutheran Church Cemetery.
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