Egg Hill
Egg Hillis an elongate hill trending northeast–southwest in southernCentre County,Pennsylvania.[1]It is mostly forested and uninhabited.Sinking Creekflows northeastward along the northern foot of Egg Hill. The town ofSpring Millsis located at the northeastern end.[2]
The historicEgg Hill Churchis located at the southwestern end of the hill.
Geology
[edit]The crest of Egg Hill is along the axis of a minorsyncline,within the larger NittanyAnticlinorium.The bedrock along the axis is theOrdovicianBald Eagle Formation,which is mostlysandstone.[3]The crest of the hill is over 1,900 feet (580 m) elevation.
40°49′54″N77°36′07″W/ 40.83167°N 77.60194°W
References
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- ^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Egg Hill
- ^Spring Mills, PA, 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Map, 2016.USGS.Scale 1:24,000.
- ^Berg, T.M., Edmunds, W.E., Geyer, A.R. and others, compilers, (1980). Geologic Map of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geologic Survey, Map 1, scale 1:250,000.