Mount Nittany

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Mount Nittany
Southern terminus of Mount Nittany ridge, looking east from the Bryce Jordan Center near State College, Pennsylvania
Highest point
Elevation	2,077 ft (633 m)
Coordinates	40°48′41″N 77°48′25″W / 40.811502°N 77.807008°W / 40.811502; -77.807008
Geography
Location	Centre County, Pennsylvania
Parent range	Appalachian Mountains
Topo map	USGS State College Quadrangle
Climbing
Easiest route	White Trail

Mount Nittany is the common name for Nittany Mountain, a prominent geographic feature in Centre County, Pennsylvania. The mount is not a mountain but is part of a ridge that separates Nittany Valley from Penns Valley, with the enclosed Sugar Valley between them. On USGS topographic maps, Nittany Mount is generally too small to be considered a mountain and is shown as the lower ridge line that runs below Big Mountain on the west and Big Kettle Mountain on the east side, coming together to form a single ridge line at the southern terminus. This nomenclature is not always consistently applied to the same geologic formation, and there is a shorter Nittany Mountain ridge shown above the Sugar Valley as well.

Penn State University lies at the foot of Mount Nittany; the athletic teams and the mascot of the school, the Nittany Lion, are named for the mountain, as are Mount Nittany Elementary and Mount Nittany Middle School.^[1]