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 ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 1085      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 972) Selected Trip Reports:      1990 07 by Thomas Blair      1991-07-11 by Dennis Stewart      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      2012-04-30 by Bob Bolton      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      2015-12-22 by Curtis Bowden      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      2017-03-13 by Vinnie Slade      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      2020-05-15 by Paige Madden      2020-05-24 by Kevin Spillman (GPS Track)      2020-08-27 by Justin Ewing (GPS Track)      2020-09-06 by Garret Stoops (GPS Track)      2020-09-28 by Don Elwell      2020-10-23 by Gustav Sexauer      2021-09-16 by Raven Matherne (GPS Track)      2022-03-27 by Lee Newton (GPS Track)      2022-05-31 by Matt Dougherty (GPS Track)      2022-06-25 by Gustav Sexauer      2022-07-24 by Gabriel C      2022-10-07 by Stephen Pardo (GPS Track)
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Mount Davis      Elevation Ladder from Mount Davis      Prominence Ladder from Mount Davis
In 2022, analysis of LIDAR datasets for the Mount Davis area discovered that there were two areas, to the north and to the south of the traditional summit area, that could be higher by a few feet of elevation. This site will continue to list the long-accepted area as the highest point in Pennsylvania until confirmation of these findings by professional surveying methods, such as differential GPS with post-processing of data. LIDAR data is valuable tool, but any kind of remote sensing is no substitute for rigorous on-site surveys. The new candidate points are in very dense and difficult brush, which may complicate LIDAR analysis. Informally, rangers at Forbes State Forest have told the Highpointers Club that earlier surveys confirmed the accepted high point in a time when the brush was less. Also, the 5-foot high boulder there may not show up in LIDAR data. If there is confirmation of a new Pennsylvania high point, Peakbagger.com will be updated accordingly.

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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