Wawayanda Mountain
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| Wawayanda Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Wawayanda Mountain from the Vernon Valley | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,470 ft (450 m) |
| Coordinates | 41°11′51″N 74°27′43″W / 41.19750°N 74.46194°W |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Parent range | Appalachian Mountains |
Wawayanda Mountain is a ridge in the New York-New Jersey Highlands region of the Appalachian Mountains. The summit lies within Sussex County, New Jersey.
Wawayanda Mountain stretches over 7,500 acres (30 km2) of land, which consists of deciduous forest with areas of scrub-shrub and coniferous woods.[1]
Wawayanda Mountain and Pochuck Mountain to the west, form the borders of the Vernon Valley, an important farming and mining area of New Jersey drained by Pochuck Creek. The mountain is a temperate rainforest, gaining an average of more than 54 inches of rain each year. It receives more rainfall than anywhere else in the entire state of New Jersey due to the orographic precipitation effect.[2][3][4]
Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian Trail runs over the top of the ridge within Wawayanda State Park.