Schaefer Head

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Schaefer Head

Schaefer Head as seen from Blue Knob
Elevation 2,950 feet (899 m)
Location Pennsylvania,USA
Range Allegheny Mountains
Prominence 950 feet (290 m)
Topo map USGS Blue Knob (PA) Quadrangle

Schaefer Head is a 2,950 feet (899 m) mountain in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania. It is one of the peaks that make up the Blue Knob massif an isolated group of mountains that stand apart from the Allegheny Front. Schaefer Head is the third highest of these peaks behind Blue Knob 3,146  feet (959 m),and Herman Point 3,034 feet (925 m). Schaefer Head is also the highest point in Blair County.

Shaefer Head is conspicous because of it's cone shaped profile. There are no roads to the summit and the only way to the top is to bushwhack.

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