Savage Mountain
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | (High Point) |
| Elevation | 3,058 ft (932 m) |
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| Dimensions | |
| Length | 30 mi (48 km) |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | eponym: John Savage |
| Geography | |
 Location of Savage Mountain in Pennsylvania
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| Country | United States |
| States | Maryland and Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Allegany MD, Bedford PA, Garrett MD and Somerset PA |
| Range coordinates | 39°53′11″N 78°44′10″W / 39.8864°N 78.7361°WCoordinates: 39°53′11″N 78°44′10″W / 39.8864°N 78.7361°W |
| Parent range | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny |
Alleghenian orogeny (the western edge of the Allegheny Formation "shows along the eastern slope of Savage Mountain".) |
| Type of rock |
Carboniferous:"Mauch Chunk Red Shales and Limestones" |
Savage Mountain is an anticline extending from Bedford County, Pennsylvania southwest into Western Maryland. It is the western side of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, and the eastern portion of the ridge forms the border of Garrett and Allegany Counties of Maryland. The anti-cline includes two component ridges in Maryland, Little Savage Mountain and Big Savage Mountain.
Portions of Savage Mountain form the Eastern Continental Divide, separating watersheds draining to the Ohio River and those draining to the Potomac. To the northwest of Savage Mountain, waters drain to the Casselman River. The North Branch Potomac River watershed encompasses the southwestern and eastern portions of the ridge.
After Nemacolin's Path and the first survey of the Potomac (1736-1737) had passed through the area, the Braddock Road over the ridge opened in 1757. By 1767, the Mason–Dixon line survey had placed milestones across the ridge and the National Road was completed through the area by 1818.
In 1911, construction began on the Borden and Big Savage Tunnels for the Connellsville subdivision of the Western Maryland Railway. In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps built a connection road that is now the 6.4 mile Monroe Run Trail.
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