Pennsylvania people....

[Bengus81]

Just wondering...are the mountains that you encounter when flying due west from Allentown to Altoona the Allegheny's or the Pocono's?? Those are very nicely depicted when using the flight simulator in Google Earth.

Thanks!

[DFW]

1. The Poconos are generally considered to be part of the Alleghenies

In English, by the way, we generally don't use an apostrophe to form a plural--not even in Pennsylvania.

[malthaussen]

2. Allegheny Mountains

The Poconos are in the NE part of the state. Strictly speaking, they're part of the Allegheny chain, Pocono is a local name.

-- Mal

[Bengus81]

3. Thanks to both of you for your answers! n/t

[Orrex]

4. Himalayas

Obviously.

[femmocrat]

5. More like the Ozarks.

If you get my (continental) drift.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. In their day, they might have been like the Himalayas.

Like me, in their old age, they are smaller and more worn out.

[Orrex]

7. Lower Yeti count these days, too.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. Sez you. Appalachian Yetis are just less sociable.

[Orrex]

9. Whew--thought it was just me.

They don't return calls and never reply to texts. I was beginning to hate myself.

[FakeNoose]

10. The Poconos don't really qualify as mountains

Anybody from Colorado or the West Coast would be laughing right now.

The Poconos are just some high hills, but the area in the Northeast quadrant of PA is quite nice.
It's part of the Allegheny (or Allegany) Mountain chain that stretches from West Virginia to upstate New York.

I think the folks in WV use the alternate spelling of Allegheny.