Talk:Haycock Mountain

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Ghost mountain reference[edit]

I have not heard the reference Ghost Mountain applied to Haycock Mountain. It is applied to Cressman Hill, a couple of kilometers to the northwest. There have been many ghost stories and stories of 'albinos' on Cressman Hill told by the locals. This information may have come from various publications about the area. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Are1718 (talk • contribs) 03:24, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Elevation and coordinates[edit]

The writer who entered the original coordinates used that of the minor peak, coordinates corrected to the major peak. Note that on the National Map visual overlay, the major peak is labelled as 'Maycock Mountain'. That is likely a typo by the USGS. The entire mountain is known as 'Haycock Mountain' with two peaks by any source.Are1718 (talk) 12:27, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Added the Ghost Mountain reference[edit]

I took the liberty to add the Ghost Mountain reference from this source: https://www.quotev.com/story/5416370/Ghost-Stories-and-Folklore/35 User012008 (talk) 15:54, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I just love folklore and legends and think that people could learn from what they can't understand! User012008 (talk) 16:05, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately Haycock Mountain is NOT and never was 'Ghost Mountain'.

See the earlier above reference to Cressman Hill, which IS what locals refer to as Ghost Mountain.

This bit of misidentification comes from an ill-informed article by the Daily Intelligencer, but having lived on Haycock Mountain for over 20 years and talking to long-time locals, be aware Haycock Mountain isn't Ghost Mountain.

However there are more interesting details about Haycock Mountain not mentioned here prior.

It is the highest point in Bucks County, contains boulder fields and rock caves, there's a connection to the infamous Doans Gang and history going back hundreds of years. There are Native American petroglyphs, rare plants imported by early settlers (and native Americans) and the rocks have the same properties as those at Ringing Rocks, having been deposited by the same glacial retreat.

There was once a fire tower at Top Rock, and most of the mountain was deforested for lumber and sheep grazing in the late 19th century. Even so pockets of old growth still exist on both the northern and eastern slopes.

There are several boulder caves worth exploring.

Folklore is great, but accuracy counts. It is NOT Ghost Mountain, which has an equally interesting history of it's own. 75.97.95.117 (talk) 18:54, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]