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All of Bedford County lies far to the south of the terminal moraine, and thus it was never glaciated (PA Geological Survey Map 59). However, during the Pleistocene epoch, or "Ice Age," periglacial (meaning "around glacier" or simply "cold") processes dominated. Most of the county was most likely a tundra at that time. The many boulder fields ...
Map of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs (red) and Townships (white) Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities, boroughs, townships, and, in only one case (Bloomsburg, Columbia County), towns. The following boroughs and townships are located in Bedford County:
Map showing general location of the Bedford Shale in Ohio, northeastern Kentucky, and western Pennsylvania. The Bedford Shale in Ohio has been extensively studied since 1943, [23] and the 1954 study by Pepper, de Witt, and Demarest was still considered the classic study of the formation as late as 1991. [24]
2016 Landsat image of Friends Cove. Colerain Township is located in central Bedford County in the Appalachian valley known as Friends Cove. The cove and the township are bordered on the east by Tussey Mountain and on the west by Evitts Mountain; the southern boundary follows the high ground where the two ridges merge.
Chestnut Ridge is an elongate hill trending northeast-southwest in west-central Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It is partially forested with rural homes, farms, and notably apple orchards. Four small towns surround it: Schellsburg, New Paris, Fishertown, and Pleasantville. Shawnee State Park and Shawnee Lake lie immediately to the south of the ...
The Glenshaw Formation is a mapped sedimentary bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Ohio, of Pennsylvanian age. It is the lower of two formations in the Conemaugh Group, the upper being the Casselman Formation. The boundary between these two units is the top of the marine Ames Limestone. [2]
The Geology of Pennsylvania consists of six distinct physiographic provinces, three of which are subdivided into different sections. Each province has its own economic advantages and geologic hazards and plays an important role in shaping everyday life in the state.
Schellsburg is located in western Bedford County at (40.048680, -78.643944 It lies at the southern end of Allegheny Front and is bordered to the south by Shawnee State Park . U.S. Route 30 , the Lincoln Highway , passes through the borough, leading east 9 miles (14 km) to Bedford , the county seat, and west 86 miles (138 km) to Pittsburgh .