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Mount Davis (3,213 ft or 979 m) is the highest point in Pennsylvania.Located in Forbes State Forest near the hamlet of Markleton in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, it lies on a gentle crest of a 30-mile (50 km) ridge extending from central Somerset County southward into Garrett County, Maryland, where it is known as Negro Mountain.
Aibonito has the highest central plaza of any municipality in Puerto Rico at 2,401 feet (732 m). The highest point in Puerto Rico is Cerro de Punta in Ponce municipality at 4,390 feet (1,338 m). 812 feet (247 m) Foster Rhode Island [37] Jerimoth Hill, the highest point in the state, is located in Foster 1750 feet (533 m) Rocky Bottom South Carolina
This list of the tallest buildings in Pennsylvania includes all skyscrapers 400 feet (120 m) or taller, ranked by height. The tallest building in Pennsylvania is the 60-story Comcast Technology Center in Center City Philadelphia , which is 1,121 feet (342 m) in height.
Blue Knob was thought to be the highest mountain in Pennsylvania until 1921, when the U.S. Geological Survey determined a summit of 3,213 feet (979 m) was higher (later named Mount Davis). In the 1950s the summit was cleared of vegetation and was the location of Claysburg Air Force Station until it was deactivated in 1961. Shortly afterward the ...
Haycock Mountain or known as Ghost Mountain [4] is a locally prominent hill with the highest summit in Bucks County. It rises above Nockamixon State Park, in the Delaware River drainage of southeastern Pennsylvania. [1] Early settlers named it simply for its "resemblance to a cock of hay." [5]
Mount Ararat is a mountain located in the Pennsylvania villages of Belmont Corners and Orson. Its summit, which is in Orson, is the highest point in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, and one of the higher points in eastern Pennsylvania. Mount Ararat is located in the Glaciated Low Plateaus geological section of Pennsylvania. This section is ...
Big Mountain is the high point on the Tuscarora Mountain ridge in south central Pennsylvania in the United States. The 2,458-foot (749 m) summit is located in the Buchanan State Forest and offers a viewshed that is one of the more stunning in the Commonwealth.
Elk Hill, also known as North Knob or Elk Mountain, is a mountain in Herrick Township, Pennsylvania. It is the highest mountain peak in Pennsylvania east of the Susquehanna River and the highest peak on the Allegheny Plateau. Elk Hill rises conspicuously above the surrounding landscape. The mountain actually has two peaks.