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While lower south slope of the mountain and the ends of the broken railroad loop and yard has now been developed into private lots and a town street, there are still two railway rights-of-ways&emdash;railroad bed road ends now turned into bike & hiking trails to travel the {{convert|7.6|mi|km|1}} trip to the upper terminous and loop at [[Summit Hill, Pennsylvania]]. The former Upwards or climbing roadbed connects via a switchback and path to the Mount Pisgah summit that has a view of the surrounding countryside, especially the Lehigh Valley and the [[Mauch Chunk-Bear Mountain Gap]] {{convert|600|ft|m|0}}<ref>estimated from USGS Topogical map, given summit and the benchmark notation BM=490 ft at confluence of "Beaverdam Run", along US-209 near the Parkerton rail yard</ref> and the canal TBDL-XXX feet below, and two hiking-biking trails now depart along the pathways upto [[Summit Hill, Pennsylvania]] once the uproad and downroads of the United States' and North America's second railroad, [[Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway]] is also located at the base of the mountain.
Mt. Pisgah is named for the biblical mountain in [[Jordan]] from which [[Moses]] first saw the promised land. During the late 19th century, this mountain was a favorite summer resort for those from eastern cities, even as far away as [[Chicago]]. Visitors were able to stay on a mountaintop hotel, which featured a 100 foot observation tower. The views from the tower looked over the bucolic Pennsylvania landscape.
Today none of those amenities on the [[Summit (topography)|summit]] exist but the views from the top are still sublime and attract hikers and nature lovers.
The summit today offers mainly a westerly view. Visible from the viewing platform is Armenia Mountain and further to the west, approximately 17 miles are the mountains north of Mansfield in [[Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Tioga County]]. About 8 miles away, to the west and southwest, are mountains in the eastern most portion of the [[Tioga State Forest]].
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[[Category:Mountains of Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Geography of Carbon County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Geography of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania]]
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