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Skytop, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 40°49′50.22″N 77°57′57.02″W / 40.8306167°N 77.9658389°W / 40.8306167; -77.9658389
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Skytop, Pennsylvania
2002 photo of I-99 excavation at Skytop
2002 photo of I-99 excavation at Skytop
Sky Top is located in Pennsylvania
Sky Top
Sky Top
Location within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
Sky Top is located in the United States
Sky Top
Sky Top
Sky Top (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°49′50.22″N 77°57′57.02″W / 40.8306167°N 77.9658389°W / 40.8306167; -77.9658389
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyCentre
TownshipPatton and Huston
Elevation
1,378 ft (420 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
16803
GNIS feature ID1180556[1]

Skytop is a neighborhood and an unincorporated community in Patton Township and Huston Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is partially in Happy Valley and the larger Nittany Valley, and partially in the Bald Eagle Valley.

Geography

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The neighborhood lies atop the Bald Eagle Ridge locally known as Skytop Mountain. The Skytop wind gap has been a route of passage between the Nittany and Bald Eagle Valleys originally traversed by the first inhabitants of the valleys,[2] currently being utilized by Interstate 99 and Skytop Mountain Road.[3] Skytop is north of Gray's Woods, east of Stormstown, west of Waddle, and south of Steel Hollow, Bald Eagle Creek, and Martha Furnace.

Skytop is home to the Skytop Mountain Golf Club, Skytop Machine & Tool, and Sky Top Chiropractor among other homes, businesses, and farms.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skytop, Centre County, Pennsylvania
  2. ^ Linn, John Blair (1833). Centre and Clinton Counties.
  3. ^ Gold, David P. & Doden, Arnold G. "Geological Report on the Skytop Road Cuts" (PDF). Geosciences: Feature Article. Pennsylvania State University College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Retrieved January 26, 2008.