Schaefer Head is a

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in the

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. It is one of the peaks that make up the Blue Knob

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, an isolated group of mountains that stand apart from the

Allegheny Front The Allegheny Front is the major southeast- or east-facing escarpment in the Allegheny Mountains in southern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia, USA. The Allegheny Front forms the boundary between the Rid ...

. Schaefer Head is the third highest of these peaks behind

Blue Knob Blue Knob (elevation ) is a summit in the eastern United States with a broad dome that is the northernmost 3,000-footer in the Allegheny Mountains. It is the highest point in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The mountain is the site of Blue Knob St ...

3,146 feet (959 m),and

Herman Point Herman Point is a satellite of Blue Knob mountain in Pennsylvania and one of the few summits in the state which exceed feet. This summit is located in the Blue Knob State Park Blue Knob State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Kimmel, Linco ...

3,034 feet (925 m). Schaefer Head is also the highest point in

Blair County Blair County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 122,822. Its county seat is Hollidaysburg. The county was created on February 26, 1846, from parts of Huntingdon and Bedford counties. Blai ...

. Shaefer Head is conspicuous because of its cone shaped profile. There are no roads to the summit and the only way to the top is to

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References

* Mountains of Pennsylvania Allegheny Mountains Landforms of Blair County, Pennsylvania {{blairCountyPA-geo-stub