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1968 Map of Weikert

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Weikert
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Penns Creek winds through a deeply corrugated landscape of the central Pennsylvania ridge-and-valley province in the late 1960s. The settlement of Weikert and the nearby village of Pardee serve as small human anchors within the expansive Bald Eagle State Forest. The map reveals a land defined by recreational and timber history, shown through established grounds like Wesley Forest Camp, Nik-O-Mahs Camp, and Karoondinha Camp.

High ridges such as White Mountain and Jacks Mountain are punctuated by numerous gaps and hollows, including Hoofnagle Gap and Bull Hollow, which historically dictated travel patterns between valleys. Evidence of the era's fire-watch infrastructure remains visible at the Mountain Lookout Tower on Thick Mountain, while the remote character of the southern portion is preserved within the Snyder-Middleswarth State Park.