Bear Pond Mountains

The Bear Pond Mountains are a subrange in the Appalachian Mountains, that straddle Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States. These mountains are a part of the Ridge and Valley Appalachians and reach their highest point at Cross Mountain (Pennsylvania) 2062 ft. A unique geologic feature known as the "Punchbowl" occurs in this range. This feature was created by the weathered shales of the Ordovician age in the center of a south-plunging anticline, having been eroded to expose a large amphitheater-like feature (punchbowl). Cross and Hearthstone Mountain are made of hard resistant quartzite of the Tuscarora Formation of the Silurian age, which form the walls of the bowl.

Whitetail Ski Resort is also located in this range on Two Top Mountain.

The chief summits of the Bear Pond Mountains are the following:


 * Cross Mountain (Pennsylvania) 2062 ft
 * Hearthstone Mountain 2021 ft
 * Two Top Mountain 1780 ft
 * Mount Mollica 1,776 feet (541 m)
 * Mount Fallon 1,764 feet (537 m)
 * Kasie's Knob 1760 ft
 * Fairview Mountain 1690 ft
 * Gillian's Knob 1575 ft
 * Bullskin Mountain 1551 ft
 * Rickard Mountain 1550 ft
 * Powell Mountain 1548 ft
 * Sword Mountain 1500 ft
 * Abe Mills Mountain 1376 ft
 * Johnson Mountain 1140 ft