Chestnut Ridge, Bedford County

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Chestnut Ridge is an elongate hill trending northeast-southwest in west-central Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It is partially forested with rural homes, farms, and notably apple orchards. Four small towns surround it: Schellsburg, New Paris, Fishertown, and Pleasantville. Shawnee State Park and Shawnee Lake lie immediately to the south of the ridge.

Chestnut Ridge School District is named after the ridge.

[edit] Geology

Geologically, Chestnut Ridge is a doubly-plunging anticline. The bedrock along the axis is the Devonian Onondaga and Old Port Formations, consisting primarily of sandstone.[1] The crest of the hill is at approximately 1700 feet elevation.

See also Geology of Bedford County.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ 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.