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Blue Knob Pennsylvania Map

Explore Blue Knob, 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 Blue Knob, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Blue Knob, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.354519
Longitude	-78.553628
Population	56
Density	237.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	15946
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Hollidaysburg
School District	Hollidaysburg Area School District

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About Blue Knob, Pennsylvania

Blue Knob is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 56. The population density is 237.6 people per km². Blue Knob is located at 40.3545°N, 78.5536°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15946.

Blue Knob rises as a formidable sentinel of the Pennsylvania landscape, its elevation commanding the rugged transition between the high plateau and the deep, shadowed fissures of the earth. It lies 14.1 miles southwest of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 216°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west-southwest of Penn Farms. Blue Knob Run carves a persistent, silver-threaded path through the immediate terrain, its waters tumbling over dark stones and moss-slicked roots with a rhythmic clarity that defines the local cadence. To the horizon, the silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains offer a jagged, violet-hued boundary against the sky, while the nearby expanse of State Game Land 026 provides a dense, unyielding sanctuary of timber and brush. The atmosphere here is often heavy with the scent of damp hemlock and cooling slate, especially as the light wanes and the deep, hollow silence of Wolf Hollow begins to swallow the day.

History in Blue Knob remains etched in the stubborn persistence of those who worked the high ridges and navigated the unforgiving topography of the interior. The local economy has long been tethered to the character of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the forest, moving away from the heavy industrial clamor found toward the western rivers and toward a quieter, land-dependent stewardship. Four miles away, the waters of Portage Reservoir hold a still, dark mirror to the surrounding canopy, serving as a quiet focal point for a region defined by its isolation from the bustle of commerce. Life here is measured by the slow accumulation of snow upon the timber and the seasonal migration of deer through the brush, a place where the modern world feels distant, pressed firmly against the outer edges of the hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Game Land 026 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 225° SW
State Game Land 198 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 344° N
Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 193° S
Lost Cox Children Monument (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 213° SW
Pavia (Viewpoint) — 5.2 mi, 185° S
Crichton McCormick Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 284° W
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 053° NE
Admiral Peary Monument (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 342° N
Wilmore Reservoir (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 301° NW
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 346° N
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 001° N
Wilmore Resevoir - Patrick's Road Property Acq. (Local Recreation) — 8.9 mi, 312° NW
Golden Tiger Statue (Public Artwork) — 10.0 mi, 053° NE
Kittanning Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 10.1 mi, 023° NE
Sidman Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 261° W
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 11.0 mi, 264° W
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 264° W
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 338° N
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 11.5 mi, 046° NE
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 316° NW
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 13.1 mi, 222° SW
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 13.4 mi, 320° NW
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 036° NE
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 16.0 mi, 057° NE
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 17.1 mi, 056° NE
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 19.4 mi, 110° E
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 19.6 mi, 264° W
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 19.6 mi, 267° W
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 71.4 mi, 350° N · 514k acres

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