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East Altoona Pennsylvania Map

Explore East Altoona, 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 East Altoona, Pennsylvania

How to Use This East Altoona, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.547291
Longitude	-78.364736
Population	351
Density	521.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16601
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Hollidaysburg
School District	Altoona Area School District

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About East Altoona, Pennsylvania

East Altoona is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 351. The population density is 521.2 people per km². East Altoona is located at 40.5473°N, 78.3647°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16601.

East Altoona occupies a rugged corridor where the persistent flow of the Little Juniata River defines the lower edge of the landscape. It lies 2.5 miles northeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 39°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north of Hollidaysburg. The earth here rises in firm, tectonic folds, leading the eye toward the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains that frame the horizon eight miles away. Sunlight in the late afternoon possesses a heavy, amber quality, catching the dust motes above the tracks and casting long, sharp shadows across the limestone-rich soil. At the edge of the residential grid, the quiet expanse of Greenwood Park offers a patch of maintained green that serves as a literal and figurative lung for the neighborhood, providing a reprieve from the dense, industrial geometry of the surrounding terrain.

East Altoona retains the hardened, utilitarian character of a place built to serve the iron arteries of the regional rail network, a legacy that still hums in the background of everyday life. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic labor that once defined the entire Logan Valley, though the pace has softened into a steady, methodical endurance. Residents often look toward the nearby Kettle Reservoir as a primary landmark of the local topography, a still body of water that contrasts with the constant, kinetic energy of the nearby rail yards. The architecture here favors red brick and sturdy, functional porches, reflecting a history of immigrant craftsmanship that settled into the hillsides to keep the engines running, leaving behind a neighborhood that values quiet persistence over fleeting change.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Greenwood Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 231° SW
Kustaborder Field (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 296° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 296° NW
Old In-town Altoona airstrip (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 017° N
Bells Gap Railroad Trail (Local Recreation) — 2.1 mi, 017° N
Great Auk (Public Artwork) — 2.3 mi, 261° W
State Game Land 166 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 094° E
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 221° SW
Brush Mountain Woodlands (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 184° S
Wopsononock Lookout (Viewpoint) — 4.2 mi, 289° W
State Game Land 108 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.0 mi, 342° N
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 5.6 mi, 197° S
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 5.8 mi, 142° SE
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 5.8 mi, 131° SE
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 171° S
Prince Gallitzin State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 324° NW
Ashville Monumnet (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 275° W
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 206° SW
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 038° NE
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 245° SW
Grace Nature Trail (Nature Reserve) — 12.6 mi, 035° NE
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 073° E
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 074° E
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 244° SW
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 259° W
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 100° E
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 18.6 mi, 100° E
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 18.8 mi, 142° SE

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