New York–New Jersey Highlands New York–New Jersey Highlands The New York – New Jersey Highlands is a geological formation composed primarily of Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rock running from the Delaware River near Musconetcong Mountain, northeast through the Skylands Region of New Jersey along the Bearfort Ridge and the Ramapo Mountains, Sterling Forest, Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks in New York, to the Hudson River at Storm King Mountain. The northern region is also known as the Hudson Highlands and the southern as the New Jersey Highlands. A broader definition would extend the region west to Reading, Pennsylvania, and east to the Housatonic
Chemung, New York National Register of Historic Places. According to the United States Census Bureau, Chemung has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.12%, is water. The Chemung River, a tributary of the Susquehanna River, flows through the south part of the town. The south border of the town is Pennsylvania (Bradford County), and the east border is Tioga County, New York. The Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 and New York State Route 17) and New York State Route 427 are east-west highways in Chemung. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,665 people, 969 households,