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Cresson Pennsylvania Map

Explore Cresson, 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 Cresson, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Cresson, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.459794
Longitude	-78.591684
Population	1,525
Density	1221.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	16630, 16699
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Ebensburg
School District	Penn Cambria School District

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About Cresson, Pennsylvania

Cresson is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,525. The population density is 1221.6 people per km². Cresson is located at 40.4598°N, 78.5917°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Cresson is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 16630, 16699.

Cresson commands a high, rugged elevation where the air thins and sharpens against the spine of the Allegheny Mountains. It lies 11.1 miles west-southwest of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 249°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east-southeast of Ebensburg. The Little Conemaugh River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its waters reflecting the deep, somber greens of the surrounding plateau as it drains the higher ground. Only two miles distant, the still surface of Cresson Lake offers a quiet counterpoint to the restless movement of the river, while the shadowed depression of Christie Hollow suggests a deeper, subterranean geology beneath the surface. At the Keystone Avenue Playground, the local light at dusk takes on a bruised, violet quality, casting long silhouettes of the equipment against the cooling earth, a stark reminder of the altitude that defines the physical character of Cresson.

Railroad history remains the pulse of the local economy, a legacy of iron and steam that once dictated the movement of goods and labor across these steep grades. The tracks still hum with a persistent, mechanical vibration, echoing an era when coal and steel defined the livelihood of every family here. Beyond the industry, a quiet, enduring character persists in the way the architecture clings to the uneven terrain, favoring utility and endurance over ornamentation. Life in Cresson moves in concert with the shifting weather patterns that roll across the high ground, where the transition from autumn gold to winter gray feels abrupt and absolute. Even now, the rhythm of the day is marked by the passage of heavy freight, a reminder that the land was forged not for leisure, but for the heavy, necessary work of crossing the heights.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 018° N
Keystone Avenue Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 065° NE
Admiral Peary Monument (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 278° W
Cresson Ballfield (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 359° N
Cresson Area Veterans Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 097° E
State Game Land 279 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 017° N
State Game Land 198 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 142° SE
Gallitzin Athletic Field (Local Recreation) — 2.3 mi, 061° NE
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 054° NE
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 325° NW
Cassandra Railroad Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.3 mi, 213° SW
Ashville Monumnet (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 019° N
War Memorial (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 285° W
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 7.3 mi, 294° NW
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 286° W
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 111° E
Golden Tiger Statue (Public Artwork) — 10.1 mi, 097° E
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 10.3 mi, 086° E
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 069° E
Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 11.1 mi, 174° S
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 12.3 mi, 227° SW
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 227° SW
Prince Gallitzin State Park (State Park) — 12.5 mi, 002° N
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 16.4 mi, 082° E
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 18.2 mi, 202° S
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 19.4 mi, 245° SW
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 19.8 mi, 242° SW
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 24.6 mi, 125° SE

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