Water gaps cut by the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River through Evitts Mountain and Tussey Mountain (background), looking west from Kinton Knob. The Juniata River is a Tributary of the Susquehanna River, approximately 90 miles (145 km long in central Pennsylvania in the United States Wills Mountain is a ridge of the Allegheny Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountain Range, in Pennsylvania and Maryland, USA

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). Stratigraphy, a branch of Geology, studies rock layers and layering ( stratification) A ridge is a geological feature that features a continuous elevational crest for some distance Allegany County is a County located in the northwestern part of the U Bedford County is a County located in the US state of Pennsylvania. 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. Evitts Creek is a Tributary Stream of the North Branch Potomac River in the U Rocky Gap State Park is a 3400-acre (1376 km² park in Allegany County Maryland. 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. Martin Hill is a mountain ridge which connects Tussey Mountain to its east and Evitts Mountain to its west Tussey Mountain is a stratigraphic Ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States, trending east of the Bald Eagle, Brush Bedford is a borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 102 miles west of the State Capital Harrisburg. Morrison Cove (also referred to as Morrisons Cove or Morrison's Cove) is an eroded anticlinal Valley in Blair and 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. The Raystown Branch Juniata River is the largest and longest Tributary of the Juniata River in south west/south central Pennsylvania in the United A water gap is an opening or notch which flowing water has carved through a Mountain range The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a toll highway system operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Bedford is a borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 102 miles west of the State Capital Harrisburg.

Geology

See: Bedford County Geology

References

• Bryan MacKay, "Hiking, Cycling, and Canoeing in Maryland: A Family Guide", Johns Hopkins University Press 1995, ISBN 0-8018-5035-5