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Cove Forge Pennsylvania Map

Explore Cove Forge, 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 Cove Forge, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Cove Forge, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.479
Longitude	-78.1735
Population	73
Density	92.1 /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	Williamsburg Community School District

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About Cove Forge, Pennsylvania

Cove Forge is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 73. The population density is 92.1 people per km². Cove Forge is located at 40.4790°N, 78.1735°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16693.

Cove Forge occupies a narrow shelf of earth where the persistent Frankstown Branch Juniata River carves a path through the limestone bedrock. It lies 11.9 miles east-southeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 103°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west of Huntingdon. The landscape is defined by the stark, vertical ambition of the land, where the shadows of the distant Allegheny Mountains stretch long across the valley floor as the sun dips below the western ridges. Within the immediate vicinity, State Game Land 118 provides a dense, unmanicured buffer of oak and hickory that holds the morning mist long after the light has turned sharp and white. The air here carries the weight of the interior, smelling of damp shale and the cooling breath of the river, which remains the primary artery of this rugged, inland geography.

Cove Forge draws its identity from the iron-willed industry that once defined the riverbanks, turning the raw mineral wealth of the region into the structural skeleton of a growing nation. While the furnaces have long since cooled, the remnants of that era persist in the deep, rusted iron-stain of the soil and the quiet gravity of the local lanes. Life in Cove Forge moves in sync with the seasonal shifts of the surrounding woods, far removed from the bustle of the distant cities that rely on the broader valley systems. Only five miles away, the expansive Canoe Valley offers a respite of open space, while the nearby Williamsburg Reservoir mirrors the gray, heavy skies of autumn with a stillness that seems to anchor the entire region in place.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Game Land 118 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 118° SE
Recreation Drive Park (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 236° SW
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 232° SW
Lower Trail (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 248° W
State Game Land 147 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.0 mi, 266° W
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 4.9 mi, 285° W
Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.5 mi, 155° SE
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 069° E
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 5.7 mi, 279° W
Raystown Lake (Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 160° S
The Lower Trail (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 024° NE
Little Juniata Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 018° N
The Paper Trail (Public Artwork) — 8.3 mi, 086° E
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 8.4 mi, 080° E
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 017° N
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 016° N
Hawn's Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.8 mi, 113° SE
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 9.0 mi, 157° SE
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 258° W
Old Spruce Creek Station (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 011° N
Trough Creek State Park (State Park) — 9.5 mi, 164° S
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 11.7 mi, 267° W
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 282° W
Former Phillips Sand Co. (2 Plants) (Historic Ruins) — 13.4 mi, 118° SE
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 345° N
Mapleton Historical Society (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 116° SE
Three Crosses of Mapleton (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 116° SE
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 253° W
Grace Nature Trail (Nature Reserve) — 15.4 mi, 349° N
Thickhead Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 25.9 mi, 052° NE

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