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Northern Appalachian Ridges

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Martin Hill (2775 ft/846 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Pennsylvania (88%), New York (5%), Maryland (4%), New Jersey (3%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	10,611 sq mi / 27,482 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	168 mi / 270 km North-South 254 mi / 408 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	40° 44' N; 76° 23' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Northern Appalachian Ridges
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Appalachian Ridges	Level 3 (Parent)
Northern Appalachian Ridges	Level 4
Shawangunk Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Kittatiny Mountain	Level 5 (Child)
Blue Mountain	Level 5 (Child)
Anthracite Ridges	Level 5 (Child)
Central Pennsylvania Ridges	Level 5 (Child)
Southern Pennsylvania Ridges	Level 5 (Child)
Central Appalachian Ridges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southern Appalachian Ridges	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Northern Appalachian Ridges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Martin Hill	2775	846	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges
2.	Wills Mountain	2770+	844+	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges
3.	Brush Mountain	2572	784	Central Pennsylvania Ridges
4.	Evitts Mountain	2560+	780+	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges
5.	Tussey Mountain	2540+	774+	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges
6.	Kinton Knob Lookout Tower	2540+	774+	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges
7.	Peak 2540	2540+	774+	Central Pennsylvania Ridges
8.	Loop Mountain	2502	763	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges
9.	Coot Hill	2482	757	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges
10.	Tuscarora Mountain	2459	750	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Martin Hill	2775	846	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges
2.	Brush Mountain	2572	784	Central Pennsylvania Ridges
3.	Clarks Knob	2320+	707+	Blue Mountain
4.	Sams Point Summit	2289	698	Shawangunk Mountains
5.	Bears Head	2094	638	Anthracite Ridges
6.	High Point	1803	550	Kittatiny Mountain

Photos of Peaks in the Northern Appalachian Ridges

Tuscarora Mountain The view from Big Mountain, the highest peak on Tuscarora Mountain, on a cloudy day (2019-05-04). Photo by Lane Jefferson. Click here for larger-size photo.	Shade Mountain - Snyder County High Point The Mt. Pisgah Altar, near the summit of Snyder County's Shade Mountain (2021-03-30). Photo by Frank Sutman. Click here for larger-size photo.
Bears Head Bears Head Tower from the access road (2020-05-11). Photo by Frank Sutman. Click here for larger-size photo.	High Point High Point NJ (2014-07-04). Photo by Ronald Land. Click here for larger-size photo.
Boyers Knob Boyers Knob Tower from the height of land on Rt. 125. This was the start of the hike (2020-05-11). Photo by Frank Sutman. Click here for larger-size photo.	Big Lick Mountain Summit sign and register on Big Lick Mountain (2020-05-11). Photo by Frank Sutman. Click here for larger-size photo.
Gertrudes Nose Gertrude's Nose summit (2019-03-30). Photo by Lori S. Click here for larger-size photo.	Blue Mountain - Northampton County High Point The summit clearing of Blue Mountain/Northampton County from the gravel access road (2018-08-19). Photo by Joseph Hirniak. Click here for larger-size photo.
Blue Mountain - Berks County High Point Sign at the high point of Berks County, PA (2016-05-22). Photo by PJ Anderer. Click here for larger-size photo.	Blue Mountain - Lehigh County High Point The crux of the climb to the Lehigh County High Point from the Appalachian Trail (2018-06-24). Photo by Frank Sutman. Click here for larger-size photo.

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