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Cassandra Pennsylvania Map

Explore Cassandra, 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 Cassandra, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Cassandra, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.408684
Longitude	-78.640574
Population	162
Density	781.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	15925
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Ebensburg
School District	Portage Area School District

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About Cassandra, Pennsylvania

Cassandra is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 162. The population density is 781.9 people per km². Cassandra is located at 40.4087°N, 78.6406°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Cassandra is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15925.

Cassandra anchors itself firmly to the rugged spine of the Allegheny Plateau, where the earth rises in deep, shadowed folds. It lies 15.0 miles west-southwest of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 240°T), and is situated 6.9 miles southeast of Ebensburg. The Little Conemaugh River carves a narrow, persistent path past the base of the slopes, its current reflecting the slate-gray sky that often settles over the terrain. Beyond the immediate banks, the land ascends toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains, while the quiet depths of Dividing Hollow offer a stark contrast to the elevation of the ridges. Three miles away, the surface of Lily Number One Reservoir remains a still, obsidian mirror, holding the cold clarity of the highland air. Within the immediate boundaries of Cassandra, Derby Park provides a modest patch of green where the local pace slows, allowing the singular, crisp light of late afternoon to sharpen the edges of the trees and stones.

Industry and the weight of history have left their indelible marks upon Cassandra, shaping a character forged in the furnace of the regional coal and rail legacy. The economy here once mirrored the rhythmic clatter of heavy freight moving through the mountain passes, a pulse that dictated the daily habits and fortunes of the inhabitants. Though the fervor of the extraction era has softened into a more contemplative silence, the influence of those decades remains etched into the architecture and the deliberate, unhurried movements of the people. Cassandra maintains an identity defined by its endurance, where the winters are long and the spring thaw brings a sharp, clean scent of damp earth and coming growth. Residents occupy a landscape that values the quiet dignity of the work done long ago, finding a grounded stability in the way the morning mist clings to the valley floors before the sun finally clears the peaks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Derby Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 274° W
Cassandra Railroad Overlook (Viewpoint) — 0.2 mi, 112° E
Barker Street Playground (Local Recreation) — 1.6 mi, 034° NE
Lilly Washingtom Field and Memorial (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 054° NE
Wilmore Reservoir (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 277° W
State Game Land 198 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 084° E
Admiral Peary Monument (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 031° NE
State Game Land 026 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.6 mi, 176° S
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 035° NE
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 002° N
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 043° NE
War Memorial (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 320° NW
Bendel-Davis-Curtis home (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 319° NW
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 321° NW
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 7.7 mi, 328° NW
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 8.1 mi, 233° SW
Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 169° S
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 233° SW
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 087° E
Golden Tiger Statue (Public Artwork) — 12.8 mi, 080° E
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 13.5 mi, 072° E
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 227° SW
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 14.0 mi, 198° S
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 15.8 mi, 253° W
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 16.0 mi, 248° W
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 16.6 mi, 259° W
Roxbury Bandshell (Theatre) — 16.9 mi, 242° SW
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 25.0 mi, 115° SE

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