North Mountain (Pennsylvania)

North Mountain is a 2,584-foot (788 m) ridge primarily located in Davidson Township of Sullivan County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

Historic industries on and around North Mountain include lumbering and ice cutting.

[8] An extension of North Mountain in Davidson Township contains a plateau that is situated on the south side of Lopez Creek.

[10] When the first settlers arrived in Davison Township, Sullivan County, they encountered a fertile plain at the mountain's base.

There is also a nearby geological structure known as the Ganoga Basin, which runs between Spring Creek and North Mountain.

At that point, the horizontal distance is from the surrounding area to the peak is 2,640 feet (800 m), giving the mountain a slope of approximately 0.46.

Sub-watersheds that waters from the mountain drain into include West Branch Susquehanna River.

[7] During the events of the Fishing Creek Confederacy, there were rumors that a fort with cannons had been built on North Mountain by deserters and draft evaders during the American Civil War.

[15] Approximately 1,000 Union Army soldiers searched for the fort on the mountain in late August 1864, but were unable to locate it.

In 2007, however, a 20 feet (6.1 m) cabin used by hiding draft evaders during the American Civil War was discovered on North Mountain.

[16] However, at the time of the Fishing Creek Confederacy, locals in Benton Township, Fishing Creek Township and neighboring communities discuseds the idea that a fort on the mountain would likely enable an army of 100 men to defeat an army of 1000 men.

[3] Arthur Lewis Stull was a major figure in the lumbering and ice cutting industries on the mountain.

[3] R. Bruce Ricketts lived at one point in a stone mansion known as the Ganoga House, which was situated in the vicinity of the mountain.

[18] A 1930 report noted that North Mountain was home to pine mice, Hoy's shrews, southern flying squirrels, and three species of bats.

[19] wolves were common in the North Mountain region in 1861 at the beginning of the American Civil War.

North Mountain was one of the few places in Pennsylvania where pine martens lived in the early 20th century.

North Mountain and its immediate surroundings was one of the last areas where northern white-tailed deer survived in significant numbers.

As of 1920, more white deer had been killed in the North Mountain vicinity than any other location in Pennsylvania.

North Mountain as seen from Jordan Township, Pennsylvania