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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.
Located within the White Mountains of Arizona and surrounded by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Greer is the highest town in the state at an elevation of approximately 8,400 feet (2,600 m). The highest incorporated town in Arizona is Eagar at an elevation of 7,080 feet (2,160 m). Eagar lies 20 minutes northeast of Greer along the New ...
The city is located in Pennsylvania's ridge and valley section (on a plateau named Spring Mountain). Hazleton's highest elevation is 1,886 feet (575 m) above sea level, making it one of the highest incorporated cities east of the Mississippi River and the highest incorporated city in Pennsylvania.
To be included on the list, a place needs to be an incorporated municipality (i.e. a city, town, or village) and it needs to be at an elevation of 3,000 feet (914 m) or higher. In the United States, settlements above 3,000 feet are found primarily on the High Plains , in the Rocky Mountains , and in Western North Carolina .
Seven Springs has the distinction of being, in elevation, the highest borough in Pennsylvania, at 2,530 feet (770 m). [5] It sits along the crest of Laurel Hill, a major north–south ridge of the Allegheny Mountains.
Blue Knob (elevation 3,146 feet (959 m)) is a summit in the eastern United States with a broad dome that is the northernmost 3,000-footer in the Allegheny Mountains.It is the highest point in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
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.
Blue Knob State Park is a 6,128-acre (2,480 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Kimmel, Lincoln, and Pavia townships in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. [2] The average annual snowfall at the park is about 12 feet (370 cm). The park is named for Blue Knob, the second highest mountain in Pennsylvania at 3,146 feet (959 m). [2]