Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain, Blue Mountain Ridge, or the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania, is a ridge of the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Pennsylvania. Forming the southern and eastern edge of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians physiographic province in Pennsylvania, Blue…- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,135 feet
- Description: ridge that forms the eastern edge of the Appalachian mountain range in Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Blue Hills”, “Blue Mountain Ridge”, “Blue Mountains”, “Kau-ta-tin-chunk”, “Kekaghtenemin Mountain”, “Kightotinning Mountain”, “Kittachtinny Hills”, “Kittatinhy Mountain”, “Kittatinny Mountain”, “Kittochtinny Hills”, “Kittochtinny Mountains”, and “North Mountain”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roxbury and Lurgan.
Roxbury
Hamlet
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Roxbury is an unincorporated community located off the Blue Mountain exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Lurgan
Village
Lurgan is an unincorporated community in Lurgan Township in northern Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is 6.6 miles west-northwest of Shippensburg. Lurgan has a post office, with ZIP code 17232. Lurgan is situated 3 miles southeast of Blue Mountain.
Amberson
Hamlet
Amberson is an unincorporated community in Fannett Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. Amberson is situated 3 miles north of Blue Mountain.
Blue Mountain
- Categories: ridge and landform
- Location: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Blue Mountain” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “藍山”
- French: “Montagnes Bleues”
- Hindi: “ब्लू माउंटेन”
- Japanese: “ブルーマウンテン (ペンシルベニア州)”
- Ladin: “Blue Mountain (Pennsylvania)”
- Pennsylvania German: “Blobarrickgrat”
- Slovenian: “Blue Mountain”
- Spanish: “Blue Mountain”
- Urdu: “بلیو ماؤنٹین، پنسلوانی”
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