Pennsylvania mountains

"Did a little hike around the park before heading up the hill. Interestingly the trail goes around the top but not right up to it. Had to bushwhack through a lot of brush but then nice little flat spot at the top. Looks like the home for a lot of deer. On one side of the hill there is a nice view where you can spot downtown Pittsburgh. " — EnergizerBenny • Nov 29, 2025

"Raspberries are ready for picking, and the wildflowers in the grassy meadows on Krepp Knob smell similar to lilacs. Like a lot of wooded areas near the city, the trees here are choked with wild grapevines and poison ivy. I found some interesting stuff online about things that happened on this mountain in colonial times. It looms above the valley of the Monongahela River. I got down just before it got too dark to see. " — briansnyder • Jul 8, 2025

"A winding, paved lane runs past little rural homesteads to the summit of the hill, but it’s gated right before you reach the high point. It surely commanded views of the Monongahela River when it was all pastures instead of forests. A little anticlimactic…" — briansnyder • Jul 2, 2025

"I wish I knew how Quakers Knob got its name. The summit is on private property, but it’s not posted, so I made my way up the gravel lane to the top. The views are pleasant: old farms where the houses stand empty, grassy hayfields for the milk cows, many ugly incursions by the frackers. But the wood thrushes greeted me at the top with their afternoon song, and that makes any trek worthwhile." — briansnyder • Jun 29, 2025

"I hate the gas and oil drilling operations in our public lands, but it was nice to follow a grassy pipeline swath all the way to the summit of this hill, which is in the Allegheny National Forest. The trek begins on the banks of the beautiful Millstone Creek, where a bald eagle went soaring serenely above the water. No views from the top, but a perfect day to be in the wild. The high point out in Iowa is comparable to Gregg Hill. " — briansnyder • May 14, 2025