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Pennsylvania County High Points

Rank	County	Peak	Elev-Ft	Range (Level 5)	Prom-Ft	Ascents
48.	Armstrong	Armstrong County High Point	1740	Northern Allegheny Plateau	240	16
49.	Northampton	Blue Mountain-Northampton County High Point	1695	Blue Mountain	1035	45
50.	Berks	Blue Mountain-Berks County High Point	1680	Blue Mountain	980	56
51.	Lehigh	Blue Mountain-Lehigh County High Point	1674	Blue Mountain	873	48
52.	Greene	Greene County High Point	1660	Southern Allegheny Plateau	340	26
53.	Lebanon	Stony Mountain	1651	Anthracite Ridges	71	30
54.	Mercer	Mercer County High Point	1621	Ohio-Wabash-Erie Area	531	14
55.	Butler	Bulter County High Point	1592	Ohio-Wabash-Erie Area	169	14
56.	Washington	Washington County High Point	1572	Southern Allegheny Plateau	272	30
57.	Lawrence	Lawrence County High Point	1440	Ohio-Wabash-Erie Area	320	16
58.	York	Stone Head North	1412	South Mountain-Catoctin	242	30
59.	Allegheny	Allegheny County High Point	1400	Northern Allegheny Plateau	177	20
	Allegheny	or Allegheny County High Point #2	1401	Southern Allegheny Plateau	270	11
60.	Beaver	Big Knob	1383	Ohio-Wabash-Erie Area	283	19
	Beaver	or Beaver County High Point #2	1380	Southern Allegheny Plateau	200	11
61.	Montour	Montour Ridge-Northeast Slope	1380	Northern Allegheny Plateau	0	15
62.	Lancaster	Lancaster County High Point	1180	Southeast Pennsylvania Hills	20	36
63.	Chester	Welsh Mountain	1080	Southeast Pennsylvania Hills	182	24
64.	Bucks	Flint Hill-Northeast Slope	970	Southeast Pennsylvania Hills	0	33
65.	Montgomery	Mill Hill	715	Southeast Pennsylvania Hills	55	36
66.	Delaware	Delaware County High Point	500	Southeast Pennsylvania Hills	40	74
67.	Philadelphia	Chestnut Hill	442	Southeast Pennsylvania Hills	162	96
1.	Somerset	Mount Davis	3213	Northern Allegheny Mountains	653	974
2.	Bedford	Blue Knob	3120	Central Pennsylvania Allegheny Mountains	780	96
3.	Fayette	Laurel Hill	2994	Laurel Highlands	854	63
4.	Westmoreland	Laurel Hill-Radio Tower	2980	Laurel Highlands	260	55
5.	Blair	Schaefer Head	2950	Central Pennsylvania Allegheny Mountains	602	33
6.	Cambria	Cambria County High Point	2862	Central Pennsylvania Allegheny Mountains	262	17
7.	Susquehanna	Elk Hill	2680	Northeastern Pennsylvania	1280	49
8.	Wayne	Mount Ararat	2656	Northeastern Pennsylvania	816	22
9.	Centre	Centre County High Point	2630	Central Pennsylvania Allegheny Mountains	390	30
10.	Sullivan	North Mountain	2585	Northern Allegheny Plateau	1385	20
11.	Potter	Lyon Hill	2580	Northern Allegheny Plateau	980	29
	Potter	or Bailey Hill	2580	Northern Allegheny Plateau	320	7
	Potter	or White Knoll South	2580	Northern Allegheny Plateau	280	8
12.	Tioga	Cedar Mountain	2543	Northern Allegheny Plateau	563	15
13.	McKean	McKean County High Point	2460	Northern Allegheny Plateau	0	15
13.	Luzerne	Cherry Ridge	2460	Northern Allegheny Plateau	220	26
15.	Franklin	Tuscarora Mountain	2459	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges	1446	89
15.	Fulton	Tuscarora Mountain	2459	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges	1446	89
17.	Bradford	Armenia Mountain-Radio Tower	2440	Northern Allegheny Plateau	160	21
18.	Columbia	Red Rock Mountain-West Slope	2420	Northern Allegheny Plateau	0	34
19.	Clearfield	Chestnut Ridge	2405	Northern Allegheny Plateau	405	15
20.	Huntingdon	Greenlee Mountain	2400	Central Pennsylvania Ridges	40	26
21.	Cameron	Cameron County High Point	2380	Northern Allegheny Plateau	277	14
21.	Lycoming	Lycoming County High Point	2380	Northern Allegheny Plateau	880	14
21.	Wyoming	Bartlett Mountain	2380	Northern Allegheny Plateau	160	12
24.	Elk	Wildwood Fire Tower	2376	Northern Allegheny Plateau	196	12
25.	Clinton	Clinton County High Point	2375	Northern Allegheny Plateau	775	18
26.	Mifflin	Broad Mountain	2340	Central Pennsylvania Ridges	420	19
27.	Lackawanna	Moosic Mountains High Point	2323	Pocono Plateau	483	20
28.	Cumberland	Blue Mountain-Perry/Cumberland High Point	2270	Blue Mountain	630	42
28.	Perry	Blue Mountain-Perry/Cumberland High Point	2270	Blue Mountain	630	42
30.	Warren	Warren County High Point	2231	Northern Allegheny Plateau	791	24
31.	Juniata	Shade Mountain	2228	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges	1208	25
32.	Monroe	Kistler Ledge	2215	Pocono Plateau	135	34
33.	Snyder	Shade Mountain-Snyder County High Point	2188	Central Pennsylvania Ridges	1449	38
34.	Carbon	Lake Mountain	2180	Pocono Plateau	404	36
35.	Jefferson	Jefferson County High Point	2160	Northern Allegheny Plateau	540	13
35.	Indiana	Chestnut Ridge-North Section	2160	Laurel Highlands	620	14
35.	Union	Jones Mountain	2160	Central Pennsylvania Ridges	300	15
38.	Pike	Pike County High Point	2115	Pocono Plateau	255	17
39.	Schuylkill	Bears Head	2094	Anthracite Ridges	774	55
40.	Adams	East Big Flat Ridge	2060	South Mountain-Catoctin	234	54
41.	Forest	Forest County High Point	1954	Northern Allegheny Plateau	134	12
42.	Crawford	Crawford County High Point	1913	Northern Allegheny Plateau	353	31
43.	Clarion	McNaughton Hill	1901	Northern Allegheny Plateau	61	14
44.	Erie	Erie County High Point	1900	Northern Allegheny Plateau	270	29
45.	Northumberland	Boyers Knob	1780	Anthracite Ridges	520	24
46.	Dauphin	Big Lick Mountain	1771	Anthracite Ridges	51	22
47.	Venango	Venango County High Point	1755	Northern Allegheny Plateau	195	14

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List Description

Acknowledgments

Sources that were used to help me compile this list include:

About 30 of these points I determined by personal research done prior to 1990.
Book County High Points by Andy Martin; list compiled 1993 by Andy Martin, reviewed by Michael Schwartz.

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