Duncannon Views

Duncannon Views.
Views and vistas of the Duncannon, Pennsylvania, vicinity.
The Appalachian Trail (AT) approaches Duncannon from the south along Cove Mountain. Hawk Rock exposes an expanse of farms and woodland that sweep westward beyond Duncannon. Formerly Petersburg, Duncannon Borough nestles along the west bank of the wide and winding Susquehanna River. Immediately below Hawk Rock, Shermans Creek meanders eastward to the river. Further to the north and east is the confluence of the Juniata and Susquehanna Rivers at Duncan and Haldeman Islands. The rivers are spanned by two bridges, the venerable Juniata and the new Clarks Ferry Bridge.

The AT traverses northward through Duncannon [Can you spot the Doyle Hotel and the PRR station?] and continues over the Clarks Ferry Bridge. The AT then crosses another set of RR tracks and ascends rocks-strewn Peters Mountain on the west shore. Ruins of an improbable old farm clinging to the heights greets hikers following the white blazes. Enjoy frequent glimpses of the old iron mill town below. At the summit of Peters Mountain the AT bends east and "The Cove" south of Duncannon suddenly appears.

Back along Shermans Creek, the Duncannon watershed harbors an historic relic dating to 1857. The Stack, once integral to a booming sawmill operation, silently guards springs gushing from the earth which feed an unnamed tributary of Shermans Creek about five miles west of Duncannon. The Stack lies hidden only a few hundred yards laterally - just north of the AT's white blazes - and a couple hundred feet below the AT's path on Cove Mountain.

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Hawk Soaring Near Hawk Rock. Photo of Hawk courtesy of Melissa J. Fehr using a tiny 1 megapixel, May 2002.

Market Street, the gently curving N-S spine of Duncannon, below Hawk Rock. 

Zoomed in view from Hawk Rock of Duncans Island bracing two bridges and US Routes22/322. 

Duncannon on a soft overcast day, 26 March 2006. 

View of two rivers greets AT Nobos at Hawk Rock. 

Duncannon from Hawk Rock. 

Shermans Creek west of Duncannon, from Hawk Rock perspective. 

The mouth of Shermans Creek. Note the six arches on the old PaRR Bridge.  

1863 Map of Penn Township, Perry County, Pa. and Duncannon. Originally, Duncannon was the lower portion south of the Little Juniata Creek where the Duncannon Iron Works was situated. The area north was Petersburg. 
(Visit The Perry Historians to view historic maps and atlases of Perry County boroughs and townships.)

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Norfolk Southern speeding south atop the century old Wall segregating the town from sweeping vistas of the Susquehanna. View from Peters Mountain. 

Confluence of the Juniata and Susquehanna Rivers - from Peters Mountain. 

Looking up the Juniata River from a break in the green tunnel on Peters Mountain. 

PaRR Station, and Doyle Hotel in red brick on the Square. View from Peters Mountain along the White Blazes. 

The Ann Street "Arch" constructed by the PaRR circa 1903 when Duncannon was walled off from the river. View from Peters Mountain. 

Hiking to The Stack via Duncannon Borough's Watershed road from the opposite end at Pine Hill Rd. Bicycles permitted. 

The Stack hiding amid the bare trees. 

The Stack remains nestled in a saddle betwixt Cove Mountain and Shermans Creek. Visit The Perry Historians to discover more information about The Stack. 
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