Mount Minsi

Mount Minsi
Mount Minsi seen from the northeast in March 2007
Highest point
Elevation1,461 ft (445 m)[1]
Prominence181 ft (55 m)[1]
Parent peakKittatinny Mountain in Warren County, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Coordinates40°57′33″N 75°07′48″W / 40.95917°N 75.13000°W / 40.95917; -75.13000[2]
Geography
Mount Minsi is located in Pennsylvania
Mount Minsi
Mount Minsi
Location of Mount Minsi in Pennsylvania
LocationDelaware Water Gap in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Parent rangeBlue Mountain[1]
Topo mapUSGS 7½' Stroudsburg[2]
Geology
Age of rockSilurian
Mountain typeSedimentary
Climbing
Easiest routeAppalachian Trail (hike)

Mount Minsi forms the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware Water Gap, and is the eastern extent of the Blue Mountain. It is composed of sandstone and conglomerates of the Shawangunk Formation.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Minsi, Pennsylvania". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Minsi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-08-02. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  3. ^ Thwaites, Tom (2003) [1977]. "35. Mount Minsi". 50 Hikes in Eastern Pennsylvania: From the Mason-Dixon Line to the Poconos and North Mountain (Fourth ed.). Woodstock, Vermont: Backcountry Guides. pp. 162–165. ISBN 0-88150-591-9.