Greenwood Pennsylvania Map

About Greenwood, Pennsylvania

Greenwood is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,114. The population density is 712.3 people per km². Greenwood is located at 40.5377°N, 78.3541°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17222, 17846, 18507.

Greenwood occupies a quiet intersection of land where the Sandy Run carves a path through the earth, marking the steady, persistent flow of water past the local thresholds. It lies 2.3 miles east-northeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 59°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north-northeast of Hollidaysburg. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the landscape stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains, which anchor the horizon in deep shades of blue and charcoal. Greenwood Park offers a patch of open green where the air feels thinner and colder than in the lowlands, carrying the scent of damp soil and ancient stone. Two miles away, the surface of Kettle Reservoir holds the reflection of the sky, a flat mirror that keeps the stillness of the afternoon. The light here at dusk does not fade so much as it settles, thickening against the trunks of the hardwoods until the entire valley seems to hold its breath.

History in Greenwood remains etched into the foundations of the older masonry, silent markers of a time when the economy relied on the rhythmic output of the region’s timber and coal. While the industry of the past has softened, the people of Greenwood continue to define themselves by the labor required to maintain a life so far from the reach of the bustling industrial centers. The proximity to Logan Valley provides a passage for the wind, a draft that keeps the summer heat from lingering too long on the porch steps. Life moves with a deliberate pace, synchronized to the transition of seasons that turn the surrounding woods from a vibrant, mossy green to the brittle, golden hues of late autumn. This is a place where the repetition of daily chores—tending to the gardens or clearing the leaves along the Sandy Run—establishes a quiet, enduring order that persists regardless of the changing world outside.

About This Greenwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Greenwood, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.537705, -78.35414. 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 Greenwood includes the ZIP code (17222, 17846, 18507), 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 (Altoona Area 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.