Belmont Pennsylvania Map

About Belmont, Pennsylvania

Belmont is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,618. The population density is 575.0 people per km². Belmont is located at 40.2873°N, 78.8895°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15904.

Belmont sits in a hollow, a place where the Appalachian foothills begin their slow, green descent. It lies 30.5 miles west-south-west of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 239°T), and is situated 3.2 miles south-south-east of Johnstown. Rolling terrain, cloaked in the deep, varied greens of oak and maple, embraces the small settlement, its slopes etched with the faint, silver threads of intermittent creeks that whisper their way toward larger water. The air here, especially after a spring rain, carries the clean, damp scent of turned earth and decaying leaves, a pervasive perfume of the wild. In late afternoon, the sun, when it breaks through the canopy, casts long, slanted shafts of light that illuminate the dust motes dancing in the quietude of the streets, lending a momentary, ethereal glow to the weathered clapboard and brick of its buildings. The character of Belmont is undeniably shaped by the coal that once pulsed beneath its soil, a history that lingers in the stern faces of the older houses and the quiet resilience of its people. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, their echoes remain in the local economy, which now leans more towards small businesses and the steadying presence of agricultural lands stretching out beyond the immediate embrace of the hills. The old railroad bed, a scar of industry now reclaimed by tenacious wildflowers and creeping vines, serves as a gentle reminder of a busier past, a path now trod by walkers and cyclists seeking the same kind of quiet communion with the land that the first settlers must have found.

About This Belmont Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Belmont, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.287297, -78.889468. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Belmont and Cambria County.

Detailed location data for Belmont includes the ZIP code (19104), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Cambria County (Ebensburg), and school district assignment (Richland School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Belmont is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.