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Mount Davis

979 m3,212 ft

Prominence: 230 m755 ft
Isolation: 40 km
Tonight: 38°FFair · Wind 10 mph SE

Mount Davis is a 979 m (3,212 ft) mountain in the Allegheny Mountains, Pennsylvania, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 979 m · 3,212 ft
Nearest higher peak: Negro Mountain (979 m)
Range: Allegheny Mountains
Region: Pennsylvania, United States
Protected area: Mt Davis Natural Area
Coordinates: 39.7859° N, 79.1766° W

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3D map

Mount Davis 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Davis terrain and contours

20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Davis elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Davis weather

Tonight · Fair · 38°F (3°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 10 mph SE

Mount Davis forecast for the summit, about 949 m.

Tonight38°1%10 mph SE
Sat38°54°–8 mph SE
Sun41°57°–1–6 mph SE
Mon44°60°–2–6 mph W
Tue45°59°–3 mph N
Wed46°57°1%8 mph SE
Thu47°61°5%8 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:26 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

92.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

7.8%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 305 m low point 674 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 89.5%Grassland 6.0%Water 2.4%Cropland 2.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 626 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mountain laurel51
Sassafras26
Painted trillium23
American chestnut19
Partridgeberry19
Eastern hemlock17

Where it sits

Where Mount Davis sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

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Mount Davis downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Davis satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-08-03.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 978 m at the summit; the official height is 979 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	979 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	979 m	-0 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	978 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-30	983 m	+4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	982 m	+3 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-08-03)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia