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2016 Landsat image of Egg Hill
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Egg Hill, viewed facing north from Route 322

Egg Hill is an elongate hill trending northeast–southwest in southern Centre County, Pennsylvania.[1] It is mostly forested and uninhabited. Sinking Creek flows northeastward along the northern foot of Egg Hill. The town of Spring Mills is located at the northeastern end.[2]

The historic Egg Hill Church is located at the southwestern end of the hill.

Geology

The crest of Egg Hill is along the axis of a minor syncline, within the larger Nittany Anticlinorium. The bedrock along the axis is the Ordovician Bald Eagle Formation, which is mostly sandstone.[3] The crest of the hill is over Шаблон:Convert elevation.

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References

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  1. Шаблон:GNIS
  2. Spring Mills, PA, 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Map, 2016. USGS. Scale 1:24,000.
  3. Berg, T.M., Edmunds, W.E., Geyer, A.R. and others, compilers, (1980). Geologic Map of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geologic Survey, Map 1, scale 1:250,000.