Pisgah

Pisgah

Pisgah may refer to several things:
*Pisgah, Alabama, USA
*Pisgah, Iowa, USA
*Pisgah, North Carolina, USA
*Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, in the U.S. state of North Carolina
*Pisgah Grande, an early 20th Century utopian community in the mountains north of Los Angeles
*Pisgah Home Historic District in Highland Park, Los Angeles, California
*Pisgah National Forest, in the U.S. state of North Carolina
*Pisgah State Park, in the south of the U.S. state of New Hampshire
*Pisgah Crater, in California
*Pisgah, Ceredigion, a small village in Wales
*"Lowry Pisgah," Scottish hymn from the "Kentucky Harmony", 1817
*Pisgah, the name of a buttress on each of two cliffs in the English Lake District (Scafell Crag and Pillar Rock), named by rock-climbers in the nineteenth century

See also Mount Pisgah (numerous uses)


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  • Pisgah — Pisgah, IA U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 316 Housing Units (2000): 147 Land area (2000): 1.005131 sq. miles (2.603278 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.005131 sq. miles (2.603278 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • PISGAH — (Heb. פִּסְגָּה), mountain in Transjordan in the territory of the tribe of Reuben (Josh. 13:20). It lay on the border between the land of Sihon the Amorite and the territory of Reuben, northeast of the Dead Sea (Deut. 3:17; 4:49; Josh. 12:3). In… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Pisgah, AL — U.S. town in Alabama Population (2000): 706 Housing Units (2000): 323 Land area (2000): 4.797881 sq. miles (12.426453 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.797881 sq. miles (12.426453 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • Pisgah — 1640s, name of the mountain east of the River Jordan, whence Moses was allowed to view the Promised Land he could not enter (Deut. iii:27); with figurative extension. From Hebrew, lit. cleft …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Pisgah National Forest — is a National Forest in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina. It is administered by the United States Forest Service, part of the United States Department of Agriculture. The Pisgah National Forest is completely contained with the… …   Wikipedia

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