Mount Davis, Pennsylvania

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 3213 ft / 979 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	39° 47' 10'' N, 79° 10' 36'' W 39.786009, -79.176802 (Dec Deg) 656117 E 4405597 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Pennsylvania (Highest Point)
County/Second Level Region	Somerset (Highest Point)
City/Town	Elk Lick
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mount Davis":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Mount Davis at SummitPost.org      Davis, Mount at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Mount Davis at Mountain-Forecast.com      Mt Davis at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Mount Davis:      Contiguous 48 U.S. State High Points (Rank #31)      U.S. State High Points (Rank #33)      United States State/Territory High Points (Rank #34)      EPIC List - States of the USA (Rank #48)      Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points (Rank #70)      CoHP High Five List (Rank #145)      Northeastern USA CoHPs (Rank #49)      Mid-Atlantic CoHPs (Rank #11)      High Points of Counties in 13 Original States (Rank #91)      Pennsylvania County High Points (Rank #1) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Fifty State Summits, Guide with Maps to State Highpoints (Zumwalt)        Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits (Holmes)        Highpoint Adventures: The Complete Guide to the 50 State Highpoints (Winger)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 922      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 834) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      2001-05-24 by Scott Surgent      2007-03-27 by Coby King (GPS Track)      2008-08-31 by Jamie Bakken      2010-08-08 by Drew Gajan      2010-11-17 by William Musser      2012-06-25 by Alan Barber      2012-07-25 by Joe McGillian      2013-05-11 by Dave Dunham      2013-07-15 by Peter Stone      2013-07-28 by Ryan Turner (GPS Track)      2014-05-08 by Morris Zwick      2015-06-20 by Brian Molloy      2015-09-07 by David Odenwalder      2015-10-19 by Jimmy Bielli      2016-08-30 by Austin Mueller (GPS Track)      2016-09-10 by Eric Lombardo (GPS Track)      2016-09-17 by Chris Gordon      2016-12-26 by Eleanor Conwell      2017-11-23 by Mary Ruth Merkel      2019-06-12 by Eric Davidson      2019-06-15 by Paige Madden      2019-09-20 by Mike Evano      2020-05-24 by Kevin Spillman (GPS Track)      2020-09-06 by Garret Stoops (GPS Track)      2020-09-28 by Don Elwell
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The lookout tower on Mount Davis, high point of Pennsylvania (2013-07-15). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 653 ft/199 m   Optimistic Prominence: 673 ft/205 m   Line Parent: Backbone Fire Tower   Key Col: Meadow Mountain Church    2560 ft/780 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 24.99 mi/40.22 km    Isolation Limit Point: 39.429169, -79.257206 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Wild Turkey Rock  (S)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Appalachian Plateaus Range4: Allegheny Mountains Range5: Northern Allegheny Mountains
Drainage Basins	Monongahela Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Forbes State Forest (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Markleton O39079g2 1:24,000
Route #1	Paved Road
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

On Mount Davis observation tower (2014-06-29). Photo by Ronald Land. Click here for larger-size photo.

Chunk the dog guards the precious Mount Davis benchmark. You must solve a riddle to pass (2015-07-04). Photo by Walter Blume. Click here for larger-size photo.

The tower offers quite a view (2016-05-28). Photo by Scott Slayton. Click here for larger-size photo.

Standing on the "Highest Point" rock next to the Bronze US Geological Survey Marker (2017-04-10). Photo by John Edwards. Click here for larger-size photo.

US Geological Survey Marker (2017-04-10). Photo by John Edwards. Click here for larger-size photo.

Highest peak in PA (2017-11-23). Photo by Mary Ruth Merkel. Click here for larger-size photo.

View from observation tower (2017-05-27). Photo by Antonio Navas. Click here for larger-size photo.

View from overlook (2018-12-26). Photo by Badri Radhakrishnan. Click here for larger-size photo.

Relief Map at top of tower (2018-12-26). Photo by Badri Radhakrishnan. Click here for larger-size photo.

Action shot of the crux move on the summit rock. :) (2019-04-17). Photo by Lane Jefferson. Click here for larger-size photo.

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