Broad Mountain (Lehigh Valley)
| Broad Mountain | |
|---|---|
The barrier wall of Broad Mountain (center) west of Lehigh Gorge and north of Tamaqua, Nesquehoning, and Jim Thorpe | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Broad Mountain, Carbon County, Pennsylvania |
| Elevation | 1,795 ft (547 m) |
| Prominence | 1,772 ft (540 m)1170284, Range, |
| Coordinates | 40°54′34″N 75°48′24″W / 40.90944°N 75.80667°W |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 14–15.0 mi (22.5–24.1 km) east-west |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Borders on | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, Nesquehoning Creek and Upper Lehigh River at lower Lehigh Gorge |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Appalachian Mountains |
| Rock age | Silurian?? |
| Rock type(s) | Tuscarora Formation?? and Shawangunk Formation; sedimentary |
Broad Mountain or Broad Ridge in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians in Carbon County and Schuylkill County in Pennsylvania is a steep-faced, anthracite-bearing barrier ridge just south of both Beaver Meadows and Weatherly, north of Nesquehoning and west and south of the Lehigh River basin west of the southwest border of the Poconos. The mountain ridge line is mostly flat and looks very similar to the man-made piles of culm in the region from the roads and towns looking up.