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Red Hill is a fossil site in Pennsylvania. It is known for its Devonian fish fossils.

Taxa included are the lobe-finned fish Hyneria, the early tetrapods Hynerpeton and Densignathus, the acanthodian Gyrocanthus, the shark Ageleodus, the placoderms Turrisaspis, Groendlandaspis, and Phylolepis, the trigonotarbid Gigantocharinus, the millipede Orsadesmus, and various Devonian plants such as Rhacophyton and Archeopteris. There is also a scorpion telson (stinger) from the area.

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