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Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 13,193 acres (5,280 ha) in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth forest and 24 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny Front escarpment from the ...
There are 24 named waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania along Kitchen Creek as it flows in three steep, narrow valleys, or glens. They range in height from 9 feet (2.7 m) to the 94-foot (29 m) Ganoga Falls. Ricketts Glen State Park is named for R. Bruce Ricketts, a colonel in the American Civil War who owned ...
Lake Jean is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Red Rock. [4] The village of Red Rock is located 3 miles (4.8 km) to the south of the lake. [2] The lake is located within Ricketts Glen State Park. [8] It is in the northernmost part of the watershed of Fishing Creek. [2]
The channel of Kitchen Creek is sinuous. The creek flows through rock formations made of sandstone and shale. [4] There is a gorge and waterfall system on the creek. This system is known as the Kitchen Creek Ravines. The Kitchen Creek Falls, a system of waterfalls and rapids, flows through Ricketts Glen State Park.
Fairmount Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,207 at the 2020 census. [2] Fairmount Township is home to Ricketts Glen State Park. The park receives tens of thousands of visitors each year.
Red Rock is on Pennsylvania Route 487 (PA 487) within Ricketts Glen State Park, and is still the site of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) radar used for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport. [1] [2] The Red Rock Job Corps Center has been recognized as one of the top Job Corps centers in the nation.
Adams Falls is the name of two waterfalls in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Adams Falls is one of 24 named Waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park in Luzerne County. Adams Falls is within Linn Run State Park in Westmoreland County. Category: Place name disambiguation pages.
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