Gray Pennsylvania Map

About Gray, Pennsylvania

Gray is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 21. The population density is 22.3 people per km². Gray is located at 40.1359°N, 79.0928°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16686, 15544.

Gray occupies a low-slung stretch of land where the Little Juniata River carves a persistent, amber-tinted path through the heavy soil. It lies 12.1 miles northeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 38°T), and is situated 1.2 miles southwest of Tyrone. The landscape here leans toward the rugged, defined by the proximity of Plummer Hollow and the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains that hem in the horizon. Light descends into the valley with a particular, muted intensity, catching the surface of the Little Juniata River as it flows past the quiet edges of the settlement. Only two miles distant, the waters of Tyrone Reservoir Number One hold a stillness that contrasts with the constant, rhythmic movement of the creek, while the dense, shadowed expanses of the Pennsylvania State University Experimental Forest remain visible in the far distance, a dark fringe against the sky.

Gray maintains an economy shaped by the slow, steady extraction and transit of regional resources, a legacy built upon the hard labor of those who first cleared the timber and broke the ground. The local footprint centers on Tyrone Park, a space where the pace of the afternoon slows into the long, golden shadows of the Pennsylvania afternoon. Residents move with a deliberate familiarity, their lives tethered to the physical reality of the earth and the seasonal shifts of the interior plateau. Beyond the immediate streets, the Indian Trail offers a passage into the older, wilder history of the region, where the footsteps of those who traveled the ridges centuries ago still seem to linger in the silence of the woods.

About This Gray Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gray, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.135909, -79.092806. 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 Gray includes the ZIP code (16686, 15544), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Blair County (Hollidaysburg), and school district assignment (North Star 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.