Explore Carson Valley, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Carson Valley, 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 Carson Valley.
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 | Carson Valley |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Blair County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.450144 |
| Longitude | -78.450659 |
| Population | 134 |
| Density | 492.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 16635 |
| 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 |
Carson Valley emerges from the landscape as a quiet confluence of water and earth, defined by the persistent, winding course of Spencer Run. It lies 5.6 miles south-southwest of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 212°T), and is situated 3.6 miles west-northwest of Hollidaysburg. The topography here leans into the rugged character of the Allegheny Mountains, which rise like a deep blue hem against the western horizon, casting long, softening shadows across the fields as the sun dips low. During the humid shift of late afternoon, the air thickens with the scent of damp soil and shale, reflecting a climate that favors the slow, steady growth of hardwood stands and meadow grasses. Only two miles distant, the still surface of Duncansville Reservoir holds the sky in a mirror of slate and silver, providing a cool anchor for the surrounding geography that remains far removed from the clamor of the coast.
Carson Valley carries the quiet weight of a region shaped by industry and the deliberate pace of inland life, where the remnants of earlier mechanical ambitions still inform the local character. Economic activity remains tethered to the land and the modest commerce of the valley floor, a rhythm punctuated by the occasional sound of maintenance equipment or the distant hum of traffic moving toward more populous centers. Social life often gravitates toward the Eldorado Ballfield, a space where the community gathers to mark the seasons through youth sports and local assembly, grounding the people in a shared, tangible history. Here, the legacy of the Pennsylvania interior persists in the way houses are oriented toward the sunlight and the manner in which the inhabitants navigate the changing seasons, finding a steady, unadorned beauty in the endurance of their surroundings.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carson Valley, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.450144, -78.450659. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Carson Valley includes the ZIP code (16635), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Blair County (Hollidaysburg), and school district assignment (Hollidaysburg Area School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |