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Sideling Hill
Interstate 68 road cut in Sideling Hill in Western Maryland
Highest point
Elevation
2,311 ft (704 m)
Prominence
280
Coordinates
40°00′32″N78°07′46″W / 40.0090°N 78.1295°W / 40.0090; -78.1295 at Fisher Point
Geography
Location
West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, U.S.
Parent range
Ridge-and-Valley province, Appalachian Mountains
Topo map
USGS Wells Tannery
Sideling Hill, also Side Long Hill,[1] is a long, steep, narrow mountain ridge in the Ridge-and-Valley (or Allegheny Mountains) physiographic province of the Appalachian Mountains, located in Washington County in western Maryland and adjacent West Virginia and Pennsylvania, USA. The highest point on the ridge is Fisher Point, at 2,310 feet (700 m)[2] in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.[1]
^ ab"Feature Detail Report for: Sideling Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
^"Fisher Point, Pennsylvania". List of Peaks. ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
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(valued at over $1 million in today's currency) at a mountain pass near SidelingHill. The numerous clashes afterwards involved more destruction, firefights...
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near Two Locks above Dam No. 4, around Four Locks, Big pool, and Roundtop Hill near Dam No. 6. On 6 December 1839, Chief Engineer Fisk wrote, "These breaks...
bypassing the tunnels completely as was done for the Laurel Hill, Rays Hill and SidelingHill Tunnels. On December 24, 2014, the PTC announced it was going...
tunnels on the Pennsylvania Turnpike system. The 1.3-mile-long (2.1 km) SidelingHill Tunnel is the longest overall, but was abandoned in 1968. Allegheny...
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