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Clappertown Pennsylvania Map

Explore Clappertown, 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 Clappertown, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Clappertown, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.40313
Longitude	-78.27529
Population	98
Density	110.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16693
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Hollidaysburg
School District	Spring Cove School District

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About Clappertown, Pennsylvania

Clappertown is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 98. The population density is 110.6 people per km². Clappertown is located at 40.4031°N, 78.2753°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16693.

Clappertown occupies a narrow, quiet hollow where the earth seems to hold its breath beneath the heavy, verdant shadow of the Allegheny Mountains looming fourteen miles to the west. It lies 10.2 miles southeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 142°T), and is situated 6.2 miles east-southeast of Hollidaysburg. Piney Creek carves a persistent, silver path through the landscape, its waters cold and clear as they slip past the foundations of the older, weathered structures. Five miles away, the Ganister Blue Hole offers a still, deep contrast to the rushing flow of the creek, its surface often reflecting the muted gray of a Pennsylvania sky. The terrain is defined by the rigorous, folded geology of the region, where the land rises and falls in long, rhythmic ridges that dictate the movement of the wind and the slow migration of the shadows.

Clappertown carries the quiet weight of an industrial heritage, defined by the extraction of raw materials that once fueled the furnaces of larger, distant centers. The local economy has long been tethered to the rugged reality of the earth, with the proximity of State Game Land 147 ensuring that the surrounding woods remain a dominant, untamed presence in the lives of those who remain. The pace of life here is governed by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of the forest, far removed from the frantic pulse of the cities. While the echoes of past mineral extraction remain in the topography of the nearby landscape, the true character of Clappertown is found in the way the morning light catches the steep, timbered slopes of The Loop, illuminating a stillness that feels both ancient and enduring.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Game Land 147 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 311° NW
State Game Land 073 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 132° SE
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 4.8 mi, 356° N
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 312° NW
Lower Trail (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 031° NE
Chimney Rocks Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 286° W
Recreation Drive Park (Local Recreation) — 5.7 mi, 044° NE
Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 121° SE
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 6.1 mi, 356° N
Raystown Lake (Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 114° SE
Brush Mountain Woodlands (Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 324° NW
Golden Tiger Statue (Public Artwork) — 7.1 mi, 292° W
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 7.9 mi, 306° NW
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 8.5 mi, 134° SE
Trough Creek State Park (State Park) — 8.8 mi, 117° SE
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 276° W
Captain Phillips' Rangers Memorial (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 177° S
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 320° NW
Old In-town Altoona airstrip (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 341° N
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 055° NE
Hawn's Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.6 mi, 082° E
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 15.2 mi, 063° NE
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 291° W
Post Office and General Store (Historic Ruins) — 15.6 mi, 128° SE
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 029° NE
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 030° NE
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 285° W
Mapleton Historical Society (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 092° E
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 006° N
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 26.8 mi, 239° SW

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