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66  NE W Y ORK CIT Y & THE MID-A TLANTIC REGION

New York City & the Mid-
Atlantic Region at a Glance

The tri-state region surrounding New York City is one of
the most fascinating areas in the US. New Jersey, the region’s
smallest but most densely populated state, extends
between New York and Philadelphia. To its west, the idyllic
pastoral landscape of Pennsylvania stretches almost all the
way to the Great Lakes, with towns, green farm valleys,
and the rolling folds of the Allegheny Mountains. Farther
north, New York State has cities, towns, and rural hamlets
spreading between the Hudson River Valley and Niagara Niagara Falls (see p105), located
Falls. Of the two main cities, New York City is a vibrant, on the border between Canada
cosmopolitan city and the financial capital of the world, and the US, is one of New York
while Philadelphia is more historic, in keeping with its State’s prime attractions, Plattsburgh
status as the capital of Colonial America. drawing more than 10 million
visitors a year.

Lake Ontario Glens Falls
Utica
Rochester Syracuse

Buffalo NEW YORK
(See pp74–105) Albany
Pittsburgh (see p118), in Pennsylvania,
has rebuilt itself from the ashes of an
industrial past to become one of the Lake Erie
country’s most appealing cities. The Jamestown Elmira Binghamton
Andy Warhol Museum and the Erie
Carnegie Museum of Art are Poughkeepsie
popular tourist attractions here.
Meadville
Scranton
Williamsport
PENNSYLVANIA Brookhaven
(See pp108–19)
Newark New York City
Allentown
Altoona
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg Trenton
Philadelphia
Gettysburg
NEW JERSEY
(See pp106–107)
0 kilometers 100 Atlantic City
0 miles 100
Cape May
Gettysburg (see p116) is one of Pennsylvania’s most
significant historic sites. In July 1863, this peaceful town was
the scene of a devastating Civil War battle. It was here, four
months later, that President Abraham Lincoln delivered his
moving Gettysburg Address.
Scenic fall landscape of Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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