| Forest County, Pennsylvania |
| Original Status: | 1 3/4 miles west of Four Corners (1954 ft.) 2 1/2 miles southwest of Four Corners (1940+ ft.) 1 3/4 miles northwest of Pine Camp (1940+ ft.) |
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| LiDAR Analysis Result: | 2 Potential Eliminations. | |
| Note: thick contours are 20 feet, and thin contours are 4 feet. | ||
Link to Trip Reports (cohp.org)
This is the area located 1 3/4 miles northwest of Pine Camp.
The original topo depicts a small 1940+ foot contour within a very large 1920+ foot contour. The 1940+ foot contour is very close to the Elk County line.
Analysis of aerial photography and the Lobdell trip report both indicate that part of this area has been disturbed and excavated. A maximum elevation of 1951.1 feet is provided, but this appears to be associated directly with the area of ground alterations. The majority of the original contour does not rise above 1948 feet. The highest natural ground appears to be very close to the county line.
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This is the area 1 3/4 miles west of Four Corners.
The original topo depicts a hill with a moderate-sized contour of 1940+ feet, and a spot elevation of 1954 feet. The LiDAR DEM provides a maximum elevation of 1953.1 feet, to the south and west of the old trail depicted on the topo map.
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This area is located 3/4 of a mile west-northwest of the final area discussed below. It is not a candidate for the highest point in the county, but it achieves an elevation similar to the other points. It is included here for purposes of completeness of the analysis.
The original topo map and LiDAR DEM both depict an extremely narrow ridge running southwest-to-northeast, about a quarter mile west of a bend in the nearby road. The LiDAR data depicts the hill as extremely steep from its edges, and aerial photography actually shows a bit of a shadow on the northwest side of the hill.
The LiDAR DEM provides a maximum elevation of 1951.7 feet, which keeps it safely lower than the likely true county high point discussed below.
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This is the area 2 1/2 miles southwest of Four Corners.
The original topo draws an elongated north-to-south contour of 1940+ feet. The LiDAR DEM data provides a perfect match to the original 1940+ foot contour, and also shows that the hill rises quite a bit beyond the contour itself. The LiDAR DEM provides a maximum elevation of 1958.6 feet for this point.
The "middle area" is the highest of the other areas discussed, and is 5.5 feet lower than the "southern area" listed here. Thus, it appears that this southern area is the true high point of Forest County.
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