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Pennsylvania County High Points

Rank	County	Peak	Elev-Ft	Range (Level 5)	Prom-Ft
1.	Somerset	Mount Davis	3213	Northern Allegheny Mountains	653
2.	Bedford	Blue Knob	3120	Central Pennsylvania Allegheny Mountains	780
3.	Fayette	Laurel Hill	2994	Laurel Highlands	854
4.	Westmoreland	Laurel Hill-Radio Tower	2980	Laurel Highlands	260
5.	Blair	Schaefer Head	2950	Central Pennsylvania Allegheny Mountains	602
6.	Cambria	Cambria County High Point	2862	Central Pennsylvania Allegheny Mountains	262
7.	Susquehanna	Elk Hill	2680	Northeastern Pennsylvania	1280
8.	Wayne	Mount Ararat	2656	Northeastern Pennsylvania	816
9.	Centre	Centre County High Point	2630	Central Pennsylvania Allegheny Mountains	390
10.	Sullivan	North Mountain	2585	Northern Allegheny Plateau	1385
11.	Potter	Lyon Hill	2580	Northern Allegheny Plateau	980
	Potter	or Bailey Hill	2580	Northern Allegheny Plateau	320
	Potter	or White Knoll South	2580	Northern Allegheny Plateau	280
12.	Tioga	Cedar Mountain	2543	Northern Allegheny Plateau	563
13.	McKean	McKean County High Point	2460	Northern Allegheny Plateau	0
13.	Luzerne	Cherry Ridge	2460	Northern Allegheny Plateau	220
15.	Franklin	Tuscarora Mountain	2458	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges	1438
15.	Fulton	Tuscarora Mountain	2458	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges	1438
17.	Bradford	Armenia Mountain	2440	Northern Allegheny Plateau	160
18.	Columbia	Red Rock Mountain-West Slope	2420	Northern Allegheny Plateau	0
19.	Clearfield	Chestnut Ridge	2405	Northern Allegheny Plateau	405
20.	Huntingdon	Greenlee Mountain	2400	Central Pennsylvania Ridges	40
21.	Cameron	Cameron County High Point	2380	Northern Allegheny Plateau	277
21.	Lycoming	Lycoming County High Point	2380	Northern Allegheny Plateau	880
21.	Wyoming	Bartlett Mountain	2380	Northern Allegheny Plateau	160
24.	Elk	Wildwood Fire Tower	2376	Northern Allegheny Plateau	196
25.	Clinton	Clinton County High Point	2375	Northern Allegheny Plateau	775
26.	Mifflin	Broad Mountain	2340	Central Pennsylvania Ridges	420
27.	Lackawanna	Moosic Mountains High Point	2323	Pocono Plateau	483
28.	Cumberland	Blue Mountain-Perry/Cumberland High Point	2270	Blue Mountain	630
28.	Perry	Blue Mountain-Perry/Cumberland High Point	2270	Blue Mountain	630
30.	Warren	Warren County High Point	2231	Northern Allegheny Plateau	791
31.	Juniata	Shade Mountain	2228	Southern Pennsylvania Ridges	1208
32.	Monroe	Kistler Ledge	2215	Pocono Plateau	135
33.	Carbon	Lake Mountain	2180	Pocono Plateau	404
33.	Snyder	Shade Mountain-Snyder County High Point	2180	Central Pennsylvania Ridges	1440
35.	Jefferson	Jefferson County High Point	2160	Northern Allegheny Plateau	540
35.	Indiana	Chestnut Ridge-North Section	2160	Laurel Highlands	620
35.	Union	Jones Mountain	2160	Central Pennsylvania Ridges	300
38.	Pike	Pike County High Point	2115	Pocono Plateau	255
39.	Schuylkill	Bears Head	2094	Anthracite Ridges	774
40.	Adams	East Big Flat Ridge	2060	South Mountain-Catoctin	234
41.	Forest	Forest County High Point	1954	Northern Allegheny Plateau	134
42.	Crawford	Crawford County High Point	1913	Northern Allegheny Plateau	353
43.	Clarion	McNaughton Hill	1901	Northern Allegheny Plateau	61
44.	Erie	Erie County High Point	1900	Northern Allegheny Plateau	270
45.	Northumberland	Boyers Knob	1780	Anthracite Ridges	520
46.	Dauphin	Big Lick Mountain	1771	Anthracite Ridges	51
47.	Venango	Venango County High Point	1755	Northern Allegheny Plateau	195
48.	Armstrong	Armstrong County High Point	1740	Northern Allegheny Plateau	240
49.	Northampton	Blue Mountain-Northampton County High Point	1695	Blue Mountain	1035
50.	Berks	Blue Mountain-Berks County High Point	1680	Blue Mountain	980
51.	Lehigh	Blue Mountain-Lehigh County High Point	1674	Blue Mountain	873
52.	Greene	Greene County High Point	1660	Southern Allegheny Plateau	340
53.	Lebanon	Stony Mountain	1651	Anthracite Ridges	71
54.	Mercer	Mercer County High Point	1621	Ohio-Wabash-Erie Area	531
55.	Butler	Kelley Benchmark	1600	Ohio-Wabash-Erie Area	177
56.	Washington	Washington County High Point	1572	Southern Allegheny Plateau	272
57.	Lawrence	Lawrence County High Point	1440	Ohio-Wabash-Erie Area	320
58.	York	Stone Head North	1412	South Mountain-Catoctin	242
59.	Allegheny	Allegheny County High Point	1400	Northern Allegheny Plateau	177
	Allegheny	or Allegheny County High Point #2	1401	Southern Allegheny Plateau	270
60.	Beaver	Big Knob	1383	Ohio-Wabash-Erie Area	283
	Beaver	or Beaver County High Point #2	1380	Southern Allegheny Plateau	200
61.	Montour	Montour Ridge-Northeast Slope	1380	Northern Allegheny Plateau	0
62.	Lancaster	Lancaster County High Point	1180	Southeast Pennsylvania Hills	20
63.	Chester	Welsh Mountain	1080	Southeast Pennsylvania Hills	182
64.	Bucks	Flint Hill-Northeast Slope	970	Southeast Pennsylvania Hills	0
65.	Montgomery	Mill Hill	700	Southeast Pennsylvania Hills	40
66.	Delaware	Delaware County High Point	500	Southeast Pennsylvania Hills	40
67.	Philadelphia	Chestnut Hill	442	Southeast Pennsylvania Hills	162

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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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