Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania)

For the Little Allegheny Mountain summit (2,165 feet) in Maryland, see Dans Mountain.

For other mountains with a similar name, see Allegheny Mountain (disambiguation).

Allegheny Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge that extends northeast to southwest from south of Blue Knob to a saddle point at the Savage Mountain anticline. It merges with Negro Mountain just north of the Cambria County line where the Berlin-Salisbury basin expires.^[4]

Allegheny Mountain
Allegheny Ridge[1]
Allegheny Mountain Tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Highest point
Peak	Grandview Summit, Eastern Continental Divide
Elevation	3,010.3 ft (917.5 m)[2]: a
Coordinates	40°3′29″N 78°45′29″W
Geography
Allegheny Mountain Allegheny Mountain is a northern portion of the range of Allegheny Mountains
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Counties	Bedford, Cambria and Somerset
Parent range	Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians of the Allegheny Mountains
Geology
Orogeny	Alleghenian orogeny
Rock type	Carboniferous[3]
Eastern Continental Divide points of Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania)

The Eastern Continental Divide enters Allegheny Mountain south of Fraziers Pass and follows the Allegheny Backbone^[5] southwest where it leaves the escarpment toward the saddle point to the southeast between headwaters of Flaugherty and Wills Creeks, at which the ECD enters the Savage Mountain anticline.^[4]: 9