Big Mountain
Big Mountain is the high point on the Tuscarora Mountain ridge in south central Pennsylvania in the United States. The 2,458-foot summit is located in the Buchanan State Forest and offers fine view.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Calzarette, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richmond Furnace and Fort Loudon.
Richmond Furnace
Hamlet
Richmond Furnace is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Fort Loudon
Hamlet
Fort Loudon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 895.
Cove Gap
Hamlet
Cove Gap is an unincorporated community in Peters Township in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 16 in the western portion of the township, near Buchanan's Birthplace State Park. Cove Gap is situated 6 miles south of Big Mountain.
Big Mountain
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,428 feet
- Description: mountain in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Metal Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.94945° or 39° 56′ 58″ northLongitude
-77.93744° or 77° 56′ 15″ westElevation
2,428 feet (740 metres)Open location code
87F4W3X7+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
node 357277370OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Big Mountain” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجبل الكبير (بنسلفانيا)”
- Arabic: “الجبل الكبير”
- Cebuano: “Big Mountain”
- Dutch: “Big Mountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بيج”
- French: “Big Mountain”
- German: “Big Mountain”
- Ladin: “Big Mountain”
- Urdu: “بگ ماؤنٹین”
- “Big Mountain”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Buchanan Summit and Tuscarora Summit.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Big Mountain Overlook and Richmond Spring.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Big Mountain”. Photo: Calzarette, Public domain.