Glasgow Pennsylvania Map

About Glasgow, Pennsylvania

Glasgow is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 71. The population density is 456.9 people per km². Glasgow is located at 40.6445°N, 80.5077°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Glasgow is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 16639, 19464, 15059.

Glasgow emerges from the landscape as a quiet junction where the earth folds into the dense, green reach of the Allegheny Plateau. It lies 13.3 miles north-northwest of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 348°T), and is situated 19.6 miles north of Hollidaysburg. Fallentimber Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the shifting canopy of hardwoods that define the local topography. To the east, the hazy, blue-tinted silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains anchor the horizon, standing as a silent sentry over the wooded slopes. Only a mile away, the quiet expanse of State Game Land 108 offers a sanctuary of unmanaged brush and timber, while the deeper stillness of Sandy Run Reservoir lies just four miles to the north, providing a cooling stillness to the air. The light here tends to linger in long, amber slats during the late afternoon, catching the dust of rural roads and turning the common field grasses into a shivering, metallic gold before the dusk settles into a cool, heavy gray.

Glasgow retains the imprint of an era defined by the extraction of local resources, a heritage that lingers in the pragmatic architecture of its older dwellings and the skeletal remains of former industrial activity. The economy, once tethered to the rhythmic demands of timber and the deep, dark veins of the earth, now moves with the slower, more deliberate pulse of a community that has learned to accommodate the cycles of the seasons. Beyond the immediate vicinity, the expansive, open character of Pancake Flats marks the transition of the land, reminding those who live here of the vastness that exists just beyond the ridges. Life in Glasgow moves with the predictability of the changing leaves and the seasonal migrations of wildlife, maintaining a steady, grounded existence that values the endurance of the land over the fleeting pace of more crowded, urban centers.

About This Glasgow Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glasgow, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.644495, -80.50767. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Glasgow includes the ZIP code (16639, 19464, 15059), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Cambria County (Ebensburg), and school district assignment (Western Beaver County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.