Ritchey Knob
Ritchey Knob is a summit located on the Blue Knob massif. This mountain is connected to Pine Knob and forms the northernmost summits of the massif. Ritchey Knob is the fourth highest of this grouping behind Blue Knob 3,136 feet, Herman Point 3,034 feet and Schaefer Head 2,950 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Calzarette, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pine Knob.
Pine Knob
Peak
Photo: Calzarette, Public domain.
Pine Knob is a peak in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania. It is a satellite peak of its larger neighbor Blue Knob.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puzzletown and East Freedom.
Puzzletown
Hamlet
Puzzletown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It straddles the border of Juniata Township and Freedom Township.
East Freedom
Hamlet
East Freedom is a census-designated place in Freedom Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located near I-99 and is approximately four miles to the west of the borough of Roaring Spring. East Freedom is situated 5 miles east of Ritchey Knob.
Newry
Village
Newry is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 231 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Altoona, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area and one of the communities comprising the Altoona Urban Area. Newry is situated 6 miles northeast of Ritchey Knob.
Ritchey Knob
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,861 feet
- Description: mountain in United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Freedom Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.34424° or 40° 20′ 39″ northLongitude
-78.51946° or 78° 31′ 10″ westElevation
2,861 feet (872 metres)Open location code
87G38FVJ+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 357305963OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Ritchey Knob” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ritchey Knob (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Blair County)”
- Cebuano: “Ritchey Knob”
- Dutch: “Ritchey Knob”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ريتشى كنوب”
- Ladin: “Ritchey Knob”
- Urdu: “ریچیی نوب”
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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 “Ritchey Knob”. Photo: Calzarette, Public domain.