Collier Mountain
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Collier Mountain is mountain in the Ridge and Valley
region of the Appalachian Mountains
, located in Allegany County
, Maryland
. The 1457 feet (444.1 m) ridge is approximately 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Cumberland
. It runs 6 miles (9.7 km) miles northeast from the North Branch Potomac River near its confluence with Patterson Creek to Murley Branch south of Breakneck Hill
.
Ridge-and-valley Appalachians
The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division and are also a belt within the Appalachian Mountains extending from southeastern New York through northwestern New...
region of the Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains #Whether the stressed vowel is or ,#Whether the "ch" is pronounced as a fricative or an affricate , and#Whether the final vowel is the monophthong or the diphthong .), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians...
, located in Allegany County
Allegany County, Maryland
Allegany County is a county located in the northwestern part of the US state of Maryland. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 75,087. Its county seat is Cumberland...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. The 1457 feet (444.1 m) ridge is approximately 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Cumberland
Cumberland, Maryland
Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a...
. It runs 6 miles (9.7 km) miles northeast from the North Branch Potomac River near its confluence with Patterson Creek to Murley Branch south of Breakneck Hill
Breakneck Hill
Breakneck Hill is a mountain in the Ridge and Valley region of the Appalachian Mountains, located in Allegany County, Maryland. The ridge is just south of Interstate 68 across form Rocky Gap State Park, approximately northwest of the town of Rush....
.