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Bear Cave Lookout Tower, Pennsylvania

Prominence: 1183 ft, 360 m

Elevation: 2623 feet, 799 meters

Approx. Isolation: 10.22 mi, 16.44 km

Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)

40° 20' 48'' N; 79° 13' 33'' W
40.34661, -79.225931 (Dec Deg)
650669E 4467739N Zone 17 (UTM)

Country

United States

State/Province

Pennsylvania

County/Second Level Region

Westmoreland

City/Town

Derry twp

I think the key col to the next higher point on Laurel Hill is BM1472 on Hannawalt Way at 40.288495 -79.157567

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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 1183 ft/360 m Optimistic Prominence: 1203 ft/366 m Key Col: Hannawalt Way 1440 ft/439 m (20 foot contour) Col elevation in range between 1420 and 1440 feet. Topo Map: Wilpen O40079c2 1:24,000 Key Col Lat/Long: 40° 18' 14'' N; 79° 10' 45'' W Key Col Map Links: Bing Maps MSN/Encarta Google Maps
Isolation	10.22 mi/16.44 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Sugar Camp Hill (SE) Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Appalachian Plateaus Range4: Allegheny Mountains Range5: Laurel Highlands
Drainage Basins	Allegheny Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Topo Map	Wilpen O40079c2 1:24,000
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by John Morrow.

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