Town Hill

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Coordinates: 39°43′29″N 78°22′44″W / 39.72472°N 78.37889°W / 39.72472; -78.37889 (Town Hill)
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Town Hill is a mountain range located in Allegany County, Maryland and Bedford and Fulton Counties in Pennsylvania. Its southern end is 2.25 miles northwest of Kiefer in Allegany County. It trends northeasterly, and ends about 1.5 miles south of the town of Emmaville in Fulton County. Its highest elevation is 2000 feet.

Interstate 70 crosses Town Hill.

Part of Buchanan State Forest lies on Town Hill in Fulton County.

Geology

Town Hill is held up by the Mississippian Pocono Formation, which dips to the northwest. The Mississippian-Devonian Rockwell Formation and Devonian Catskill Formation are exposed on the southeast flank of the mountain below the Pocono. Rays Hill, to the east, and Town Hill form a syncline.[1]

References

  1. ^ Map 61:Atlas of Preliminary Geologic Quadrangle Maps of Pennsylvania, Amaranth, Breezewood, and Mench Quadrangles

39°43′29″N 78°22′44″W / 39.72472°N 78.37889°W / 39.72472; -78.37889 (Town Hill)

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