THICKHEAD MOUNTAIN
Pennsylvania - Centre County - Thickhead Wild Area
1915: A tree observation post 35 feet above the ground.
DESIGNATION - THICKHEAD
PID - KW2927
STATE/COUNTY- PA/CENTRE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BARRVILLE (1998)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (JB)
STATION IS LOCATED ON THE TOP OF THICKHEAD MOUNTAIN, ABOUT 150 YARDS
N FROM THE CREST OF THE MOUNTAIN, AND ABOUT 50 YARDS E OF ROAD
LEADING TO OBSERVATION TOWER ERECTED BY CCC WORKERS, ABOUT 6 FEET E
OF WALK LEADING TO TOWER. A FOUR- FOOT LIGHT STAND WAS BUILT ON
TOP OF THE 25-FOOT OBSERVATION TOWER. LIGHT WAS CENTERED OVER THE
STATION MARK, DRILL HOLE IN BOULDER BENEATH THE OBSERVATION
TOWER.
STATION MARK IS A STANDARD BRONZE DISK WEDGED IN A DRILL HOLE IN A
BOULDER BENEATH THE OBSERVATION TOWER.
TO REACH FROM LEWISTOWN, GO NW ON ROUTE 322 ABOUT 12 MILES TO THE
HAIRPIN CURVE ON THE GRADE UP LONG MOUNTAIN AND A DIRT T-ROAD,
LEFT, (LAUREL RUN ROAD). TURN LEFT AND GO 3.8 MILES TO CCC CAMP
S-62. A ROAD TURNS LEFT JUST AFTER ENTERING A GATE TO THE
CAMP AND GOES ABOUT 2 MILES TO TOP OF THICKHEAD MOUNTAIN,
(OBSERVATION TOWER AND STATION 50 YARDS TO E OF ROAD.)