184. Bald Eagle Lookout (Skytop)

TOWNSHIP: Huston
QUADRANGLE: Julian
LOCATION: Along US Route 322, 8 miles north of the Borough of State College.

REMARKS: A lookout on the crest of Bald Eagle Mountain; a breathtaking view of Bald Eagle Valley and the Allegheny Front, the junction of the Valley and Ridge province and the Appalachian Plateaus province.

REFERENCE: Willard, Bradford, Conlin, Richard, and Hoskins, D. M. [1958], Guide to the highway geology from Harrisburg to Bald Eagle Mountain, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., General Geology Report 29, 38 p.

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195. Big Spring

BOROUGH: Bellefonte
QUADRANGLE: Bellefonte
LOCATION: Borough of Bellefonte, southwest corner.

REMARKS: The spring was presented to Bellefonte Borough in October 1879 by Mayor William F. Reynolds. The median flow is 8000 gallons per minute from limestones and dolomites of the Axemann and Bellefonte Formations (Ordovician age). It is the ninth largest spring in Pennsylvania and is presently used as a public and industrial water supply.

REFERENCE: Flippo, H. N., Jr. [1974], Springs of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources, Office of Resources Management, Water Resources Bulletin 10, 46 p.

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239. Kelley Spring

TOWNSHIP: Spring
QUADRANGLE: Bellefonte
LOCATION: Cerro Metal Products Company along the Logan Branch of Spring Creek about 0.2 mile south of the Bellefonte corporate boundary.

REMARKS: The tenth largest of the second-magnitude springs (median flow, 5000 to 20,000 gallons per minute) in Pennsylvania, having a median flow of 7000 gallons per minute. This spring, rising from fractures in limestone (Beekmantown Group, Ordovician age), is used as an industrial water source.

REFERENCE: Flippo, H. N., Jr. [1974], Springs of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources, Office of Resources Management, Water Resources Bulletin 10, 46 p.

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250. Nittany Mountain Overlook

TOWNSHIP: Potter
QUADRANGLE: Centre Hall
LOCATION: Approximately 1.2 miles east of the Borough of Centre Hall; along Pa. Route 144 on the crest of Nittany Mountain.

REMARKS: A magnificent view of Penns Valley and the Seven Mountains area to the south.

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251. Penns View / 252. Ingleby / 253. Ravens Knob

TOWNSHIPS: Penn and Haines
QUADRANGLE: Coburn
LOCATION: South of Coburn; included in Bald Eagle State Forest.

REMARKS: Penns Creek has cut a deep, twisting (meandering) channel through a series of high ridges and valleys. This is probably the most scenic and lengthy series of water gaps in the Valley and Ridge province. Penns View along Poe Paddy Drive is recognized as one of the finest scenic overlooks in the United States. Outcrops of redconglomerate of the Bald Eagle Formation (Ordovician age) are exposed on the rim of the overlook. Ingleby (252) and Ravens Knob (253) overlooks are located nearby.

REFERENCES: XXX

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262. Rising Spring

TOWNSHIP: Gregg
QUADRANGLE: Spring Mills
LOCATION: Along Penns Creek in the village of Spring Mills.

REMARKS: The eleventh largest of the second-magnitude springs (median flow, 5000 to 20,000 gallons per minute) in Pennsylvania, having a medium flow of 6000 gallons per minute. The spring rises from the fractures in the Nealmont Limestone (Ordivician age).

REFERENCE: Flippo, H. N., Jr. [1974], Springs of Pennsylvania, 46 p.

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37. Turtle Rocks / 38. Hunter Rocks

TOWNSHIP: Rush
QUADRANGLE: Black Moshannon
LOCATION: Within Moshannon State Forest, about 3.4 miles west of Black Moshannon Dam in Black Moshannon State Park; along Hanna Furnace Road.

REMARKS: An outcrop of flat-lying beds of conglomerate (Burgoon Sandstone, Mississippian age) has weathered in the shape of a sleeping turtle. Nearby, Hunter Rocks (38) is the site of an old "sandstone quarry"; cliffs and outcrops of conglomerate still are numerous.

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142. Wolf Rocks

TOWNSHIP: Rush
QUADRANGLE: Port Matilda
LOCATION: About 5.3 miles northwest of the Borough of Port Matilda; within Moshannon State Forest.

REMARKS: Large outcrops of greenish calcareous sandstone of the Mauch Chunk Formation (Mississippian age) on a bend of Horse Hollow Road. The calcareous sandstone in the Mauch Chunk marks the horizon of the Loyalhanna Member of the formation.

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