Easiest route Pinnacle Rock Trail Prominence 323 m Parent range Appalachian Mountains | Elevation 695 m Mountain range Appalachian Mountains | |
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Location Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Topo map USGS Ransom(PA) Quadrangle Similar Osterhout Mountain, Miller Mountain, Forkston Mountain, North Knob, Mount Ararat | ||
Bald Mountain is a prominent peak in Lackawanna County which stands above the Wilkes-Barre and Scranton area and the Wyoming Valley. On the summit is an outcrop of Catskill conglomerate (Devonian age) known as the "Pinnacle Rock". From the summit you may view the northernmost extension of the geologic province known as the Glaciated Low Plateaus section. The mountain itself is in the Ridge and Valley Appalachians. It is a great place for photography.
Map of Bald Mountain, Newton Township, PA 18411, USA
To access the summit you can take the Pinnacle Rock trail. The trailhead is on the west side of the mountain and is a nine hundred foot vertical gain.
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Bald Mountain (Pennsylvania) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA