“Kittatinny” is taken from the Native American term meaning “endless mountain”—and the Kittatinny Ridge runs almost unbroken through Pennsylvania to the Maryland line. The Ridge is a globally-significant fall migration flyway used annually by tens of thousands of raptors and vultures and millions of songbirds. It is the mountain face we see when we look North from our southern Dauphin county vantage point, and is also known locally as First Mountain, Blue Mountain, and by other names throughout its long stretch.
Straddled on the ridge, in West Hanover Township, is a 77-acre parcel which will now, thanks to landowners Jean and Vic Rohrer, be preserved in perpetuity from development and unplanned timbering. The property boasts a well-managed and rich woodland, trails, springs and, in winter, a birds-eye vista to the south. The preservation of this property will help to maintain the wildlife corridor which extends along the “endless mountain”, the migration flyway and rest area for songbirds, and the habitat and home for numerous wild species, including several threatened and endangered ones. It offers continuity and connectivity for the several trails which criss-cross the mountains, including the Darlington Trail.
Large intact areas of woodland habitat support greater biodiversity
One of the two historic spring covered to be found on the Rohrer woodland
Several trails criss-cross the ridge-top property
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