Evitts Mountain

Evitts Mountain
Water gaps cut by the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River through Evitts Mountain and Tussey Mountain (background), looking east from Kinton Knob.
Highest point
Elevation	2,560 + ft (780 m) [1]
Prominence	1,280 ft (390 m) [1]
Coordinates	40°9′N 78°29′W / 40.150°N 78.483°W / 40.150; -78.483Coordinates: 40°9′N 78°29′W / 40.150°N 78.483°W / 40.150; -78.483 [1]
Geography
Location	Bedford County, Pennsylvania / Allegany County, Maryland, U.S.
Parent range	Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
Topo map	USGS Bedford
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

Evitts Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains, located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania and Allegany County, Maryland

Geography

The ridge line runs north from Rocky Gap State Park in Maryland, across the Mason–Dixon line into Pennsylvania and then to the west Martin Hill, passing very near Tussey Mountain in Snake Spring Valley. The ridge then turns west, wrapping around north of Bedford, Pennsylvania to its intersection with Dunning Mountain, dividing Dunning Cove from Morrison Cove. The Raystown Branch Juniata River passes through "The Narrows", a prominent water gap along with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the now dismantled Bedford and Bridgeport Railroad near Bedford, Pennsylvania. Evitts Creek runs through the base of the Mountain in Rocky Gap State Park.

Etymology

The mountain is named in honor of an early pioneer in Allegany County, Maryland and Bedford County, Pennsylvania, thought by some to have gone by the last name of "Evart" (Evett, Evert, and Evit have also been proposed). In the 1780s, Mr. Evart decided to contemplate his bachelorhood from the isolated mountain top of what is today Evitts Mountain, at 39°43′13″N 78°39′35″W / 39.72028°N 78.65972°W / 39.72028; -78.65972, now in Rocky Gap State Park, far from the comforts of society. At the top of the 2,000-foot (610 m) mountain lies what its allegedly Mr. Evart's old homestead, from which he would return by the same route every day hiking a steep 3.5-mile (5.6 km) trail, now called Evitts Trail.

Geology

See: Geology of Bedford County, Pennsylvania

References

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