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Bellwood Pennsylvania Map

Explore Bellwood, 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 Bellwood, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Bellwood, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bellwood, 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 Bellwood.

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	Bellwood
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Blair County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.6034
Longitude	-78.324736
Population	1,827
Density	1481.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	16617
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Hollidaysburg
School District	Bellwood-Antis School District

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About Bellwood, Pennsylvania

Bellwood is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,827. The population density is 1481.9 people per km². Bellwood is located at 40.6034°N, 78.3247°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bellwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16617.

Bellwood emerges from the floor of the Logan Valley as a collection of brick and frame structures defined by the persistent, cold transit of the Little Juniata River. It lies 6.9 miles north-northeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 32°T), and is situated 6.5 miles southwest of Tyrone. The water here moves with a deliberate, muscular clarity, carving a path through the limestone bedrock that anchors the geography of the surrounding plateau. To the west, the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Allegheny Mountains serve as a permanent backdrop, their massive slopes absorbing the low, slanted light of late afternoon. High above the valley floor, the quiet expanse of Bellwood Reservoir holds the sky in its stillness, a dark mirror reflecting the seasonal shift from the deep greens of summer to the brittle, skeletal browns of winter.

Industrial ambition once fueled the iron and rail corridors that define the local economy, leaving behind a landscape where the iron-wrought engineering of the past now invites modern recreation. The Bells Gap Railroad Trail occupies the former grades of narrow-gauge tracks, allowing residents to traverse the steep incline where coal cars once labored against the gravity of the mountainside. Life in Bellwood moves in sympathy with these historical conduits, where the sound of wind through the trees often replaces the vanished clatter of heavy freight. The air carries a sharp, metallic clarity, a reminder that this place remains tethered to the rugged topography that necessitated its creation and continues to dictate the pace of its quiet, enduring streets.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bells Gap Railroad Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 263° W
5th Street Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 299° NW
Bellwood Antis Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 254° W
Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 1.9 mi, 038° NE
State Game Land 166 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.2 mi, 145° SE
State Game Land 158 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 325° NW
Old In-town Altoona airstrip (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 217° SW
Fort Roberdeau Historic Site & Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 120° SE
Great Auk (Public Artwork) — 6.1 mi, 226° SW
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 045° NE
Wopsononock Lookout (Viewpoint) — 6.6 mi, 248° W
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 214° SW
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 7.8 mi, 164° S
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 8.0 mi, 163° S
Grace Nature Trail (Nature Reserve) — 8.3 mi, 038° NE
Prince Gallitzin State Park (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 295° NW
Wopsononock Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 343° N
Old Spruce Creek Station (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 086° E
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 9.9 mi, 202° S
Little Juniata Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 091° E
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 091° E
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 091° E
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 186° S
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 206° SW
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 235° SW
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 116° SE
Coalport Area Coal Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 313° NW
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 236° SW
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 17.7 mi, 114° SE
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 20.7 mi, 151° SE

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