Red Rock Mountain is a mountain located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. This summit is actually on the North Mountain escarpment. The escarpment in which Red Rock Mountain is located is a part of the Allegheny Plateau. This summit features a firetower, known as "Grandview" all located within the Ricketts Glen State Park. The views from the top of the mountain are impressive and varied. To the south you view the

Ridge and Valley Appalachians The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division and are also a belt within the Appalachian Mountains extending ...

region, in the other three directions you look out over the deeply dissected Allegheny Plateau. Huckleberry and North Mountain summits may be seen to the west. These mountains are some of the higher peaks in this region of Pennsylvania.

References

* Alan R. Geyer (1979) "''Outstanding Geologic Features of Pennsylvania''", Geological Survey of Pennsylvania * Charles H. Shultz (1999) "''The Geology of Pennsylvania''", Geological Survey of Pennsylvania

External links

* {{Mountains of Pennsylvania Mountains of Pennsylvania Mountains of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Allegheny Plateau