The Lookout (Springfield Township)

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The Lookout
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The Lookout
Location of The Lookout
Highest point
Elevation 906 ft (276 m)National Elevation Dataset
Prominence Flint Hill
Parent peak Flint Hill
Isolation 0.9 mi (1.4 km)Kohlberg
Coordinates 40°30′38″N75°20′50″W / 40.51056°N 75.34722°W / 40.51056; -75.34722 National Elevation Dataset
Geography
Location Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania


The Lookout is the second highest summit in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Rising over Rocky Valley, it is located in Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. [1] [2]

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Physiography

The Lookout is described in the Bucks County Natural Areas Inventory Update [3] and the Springfield Township Conservation Plan [4] as one of five outstanding geological features of Pennsylvania located in the county and is designated as a Priority 2 site, an area that has 'countywide or statewide significance based on overall quality and the diversity and importance of the resources'. It contains the headwaters of the Tohickon Creek and is part of the Cooks Creek Conservation Landscape and the Upper Tohickon Creek Conservation Landscape.

Hydrology

It is part of the Tohickon Creek and Hickon Creek watersheds, which is a part of the Delaware River watershed.

Geology

The Lookout is part of a circular formation, which surrounds the Quakertown area, of diabase intrusion that occurred during the Triassic approximately 200 million years ago. A similar formation is located around the area which includes Pennsburg, East Greenville, and Red Hill, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The only other known similar formation is located in South Africa. [3] The diabase is typically dark gray to black, dense, and fine grained, consisting of predominately labradorite and augite. [5]


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References

  1. ↑ MacReynolds, George, Place Names in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Doylestown, Bucks County Historical Society, Doylestown, PA, 1942, P1.
  2. ↑ https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/advanced-viewer/, The National Map, retrieved 3 August 2018
  3. 1 2 http://www.buckscounty.org/docs/default-source/government-documents/naiupdate2011.pdf, Ann F Rhoads and Timothy A. Black, Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, March, 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  4. ↑ http://www.springfieldbucks.org/comp_plan.html, Springfield Township Comprehensive Planning Committee, December, 2002, retrieved 3 August 2018
  5. ↑ Rocks and Minerals of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, 2004, retrieved 3 August 2018
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