Kittatinny Valley

Kittatinny Valley
The Great Appalachian Valley includes the Kittatinny Valley (4) depicted southeast of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians and between the Lehigh (5) and Hudson (3) valleys.
Kittatinny Valley is located in Sussex County, New Jersey
Kittatinny Valley
Kittatinny Valley in New Jersey
Kittatinny Valley is located in Warren County, New Jersey
Kittatinny Valley
Kittatinny Valley (Warren County, New Jersey)
Kittatinny Valley is located in New Jersey
Kittatinny Valley
Kittatinny Valley (New Jersey)
Geography
LocationSussex County
Warren County
Population centersNewton
Borders onRidge-and-Valley Appalachians (Kittatinny Mountain) (northwest)
New Jersey Highlands (southeast)
Hudson Valley (northeast)
Lehigh Valley (southwest)

The Kittatinny Valley is a section of the Great Appalachian Valley in Sussex and Warren counties in northwestern New Jersey that is bounded on the northwest by Kittatinny Mountain, and in the southeast by the New Jersey Highlands region.[1][2] The valley is roughly 40 miles (64 km) long, with a breadth of 10 to 13 miles (16 to 21 km).[2]

  1. ^ "Kittatinny Ridge and Valley Region: Northwest New Jersey Skylands". United States Fish and Wildlife Service. August 2007.
  2. ^ a b Vermeule, C. Clarkson (1888). "Physical Description of New Jersey: Kittatinny Valley". In Cook, George H. (ed.). Final Report of the State Geologist. Vol. 1. Trenton, New Jersey: Geological Survey of New Jersey. pp. 122–132.