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Water gaps cut by the Raystown Branch of the
Juniata River through Evitts Mountain and Tussey Mountain (background), looking west from
Kinton Knob.
Evitts Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge named in honor of an early pioneer in Allegany County, Maryland and Bedford County, Pennsylvania, thought by some to have went by the last name of "Evart" (Evett, Evert, and Evit have also been proposed). In the 1780's, Mr. Evart decided to contemplate his bachelorhood from the isolated mountain top of what is today Evitts Mountain, far from the comforts of society. At the top of the 2,000-foot (610 m) mountain lies what its allegedly Mr. Evart's old homestead, from which he would return by the same route every day hiking a steep 3.5-mile (5.6 km) trail, now called Evitts Trail. Evitts Creek runs through the base of the Mountain in what is today Rocky Gap State Park. The ridge line runs north past Martin Hill, passes very near Tussey Mountain in Snake Spring Valley, then turns west, wrapping around north of Bedford, Pennsylvania, dividing Dunning Cove from Morrison Cove. The Raystown Branch Juniata River passes through "The Narrows", a prominent water gap along with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the now dismantled Bedford and Bridgeport Railroad near Bedford, Pennsylvania.
[edit] Geology
- See: Bedford County Geology
[edit] References
- Bryan MacKay, "Hiking, Cycling, and Canoeing in Maryland: A Family Guide", Johns Hopkins University Press 1995, ISBN 0-8018-5035-5
