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Alum Bank Pennsylvania Map

Explore Alum Bank, Pennsylvania, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Alum Bank, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Alum Bank, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alum Bank, Pennsylvania. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Pennsylvania or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Alum Bank.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Alum Bank
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Bedford County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.180634
Longitude	-78.613629
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	15521
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Bedford

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About Alum Bank, Pennsylvania

Alum Bank is a locality in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Alum Bank is located at 40.1806°N, 78.6136°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15521.

Alum Bank emerges from the quiet intersection of limestone ridges and the persistent, clear current of Barefoot Run, which cuts a narrow, silver ribbon through the valley floor. It lies 19.1 miles east-southeast of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 122°T), and is situated 12.4 miles east-southeast of Windber. The landscape surrounding Alum Bank is defined by the heavy, verdant weight of Gallitzin State Forest, where the timber stands in silent, dark ranks against the horizon, and the subtle, shadowed depression of Calvary Hollow defines the local topography. At dusk, the light here grows thin and brittle, catching on the limestone outcroppings and turning the fields a bruised, deep violet before the cold settles into the soil. Far to the west, the jagged, blue-gray profile of the Allegheny Mountains anchors the sky, providing a distant, unmoving boundary to a world that feels held in place by the weight of its own geography.

Agriculture has long anchored the character of Alum Bank, with family-run plots and working acreage forming a mosaic that stretches toward the horizon, punctuated by the simple, functional architecture of rural industry. Residents gather at the Quaker Valley Road Recreation Park, a space that serves as the quiet center of local life where the pace is measured by the turn of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest. History here is kept in the quiet maintenance of fence lines and the preservation of long-standing homesteads, far removed from the clamor of the industrial centers that once defined the wider region. For those seeking the solitude of the woods, the proximity to the Old '56' Trail offers a path through the quietude of the interior, while the waters of Shawnee Lake offer a reflective, glass-still surface that mirrors the changing clouds. Life in Alum Bank persists as a study in endurance, marked by the steady, rhythmic pulse of a place that remains deeply attached to the earth beneath it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Quaker Valley Road Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 339° N
Pleasantville Recreation Park Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 311° NW
Gallitzin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 287° W
County Line Vista (Viewpoint) — 3.8 mi, 300° NW
State Game Land 026 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.5 mi, 338° N
Ogle Community Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 288° W
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 5.1 mi, 272° W
Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 002° N
Imler Family Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 067° NE
Lost Cox Children Monument (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 004° N
Shawnee State Park (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 181° S
Salix Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 316° NW
Fort Dewart (Historic Castle / Fort) — 12.1 mi, 221° SW
Sidman Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 327° NW
Serafina Art Studio (Gallery) — 12.6 mi, 153° SE
Bedford Speedway Museum of Speed (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 152° SE
Lime kiln (Historic Ruins) — 12.7 mi, 143° SE
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 298° NW
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 13.4 mi, 324° NW
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 324° NW
Flight 93 National Memorial Entrance (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 245° SW
Roxbury Bandshell (Theatre) — 18.2 mi, 296° NW
Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 18.3 mi, 085° E
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 028° NE
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 19.0 mi, 301° NW
Morley’s Dog (Public Artwork) — 19.0 mi, 302° NW
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 19.7 mi, 004° N
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 19.8 mi, 304° NW
Martin Hill Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 22.7 mi, 174° S

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