Its peak height is 1,873 feet (571 m) above sea level, making it the fifth-highest mountain in Columbia County.

In more recent times, Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 58 was established in the area and includes some parts of Catawissa Mountain.

[3] The peak height of Catawissa Mountain is 1,873 feet (571 m) above sea level.

[3] In the past, a road led from the valley of the Schuylkill River to Catawissa via the southern part of the mountain.

[14] Colliers in the 1800s used the forests of Catawissa Mountain to supply charcoal for local iron furnaces.

Beers stated in his 1915 book Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania that the height of Catawissa Mountain was estimated to be 1,600 feet (490 m).

[5] Since at least 2001, the Columbia-Montour Amateur Radio Club has had a receiver on Catawissa Mountain.

[16] Catawissa Mountain is one of several places in Columbia County that has unbroken tracts of forest.

[7] Amphibians use the vernal pools on Catawissa Mountain as breeding grounds, including American toads, wood frogs, and spotted salamanders.

[7] The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 58 are located on Catawissa Mountain.

Portions of Catawissa Mountain lying in Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 58 are heavily hunted for white-tailed deer.

Although some all-terrain vehicle use occurred in certain areas in the early 2000s, the Columbia County Natural Heritage Inventory of 2004 recommended prohibiting all-terrain vehicle trails near the mountain's vernal pools.