Hawk Mountain
Hawk Mountain is a mountain ridge, part of the Blue Mountain Ridge in the Appalachian Mountain chain, located in central-eastern Pennsylvania near Reading and Allentown. The area includes 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) of protected private and public land, including the 2,600-acre (1,100 ha) Hawk Mountain Sanctuary.
| Hawk Mountain | |
|---|---|
View of Hawk Mountain from Hawk Mountain Sanctuary's North Lookout in Pennsylvania | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,521 ft (464 m) |
| Prominence | 181 ft (55 m) |
| Parent peak | The Pinnacle |
| Coordinates | 40°38′44″N 75°58′48″W |
| Geography | |
Hawk Mountain Berks / Schuylkill counties, Pennsylvania, U.S. Hawk Mountain Hawk Mountain (the United States) | |
| Parent range | Blue Mountain |
| Topo map | USGS New Ringgold |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Lookout Trail (hike) |
The River of Rocks is visible and accessible from the Sanctuary. The boulders were formed by periglacial processes in the Pleistocene epoch, or "ice age".
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