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Houtzdale Pennsylvania Map

Explore Houtzdale, 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 Houtzdale, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Houtzdale, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.825059
Longitude	-78.351129
Population	764
Density	770.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	16651, 16698
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Clearfield
School District	Moshannon Valley School District

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About Houtzdale, Pennsylvania

Houtzdale is a locality in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 764. The population density is 770.2 people per km². Houtzdale is located at 40.8251°N, 78.3511°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Houtzdale is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 16651, 16698.

Houtzdale unfolds across a plateau where the persistent currents of Beaver Run carve a narrow, insistent path through the earth. It lies 21.3 miles north of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 6°T), and is situated 8.4 miles southwest of Philipsburg. The air here holds a crisp, high-altitude weight, chilled by the shadows of the distant Allegheny Mountains that loom like a serrated charcoal sketch against the western horizon. Beyond the immediate tree lines, the terrain yields to the quiet depths of Moshannon State Forest, while the nearby Osceola Reservoir gathers the sky into a still, reflective glass. At the center of daily movement, the Houtzdale Little League Field serves as a terrestrial anchor, its manicured dirt and clipped grass marking the rhythm of seasons where the light at dusk turns a bruised, singular violet against the rising slopes of Pool Hollow.

Coal once defined the pulse of Houtzdale, driving the deep, subterranean industry that drew families to these hills and left behind the enduring character of a working landscape. The architecture retains an honest, utilitarian grit, reflecting a history built on the extraction of fuel and the labor of men who understood the land as a resource to be mastered. While the heavy machinery of the past has quieted, the local economy now persists in the steady, unassuming maintenance of a regional life far removed from the bustle of the coast. Houtzdale remains a place of deliberate endurance, where the sounds of the evening are limited to the rustle of wind through the brush and the occasional echo of tires on pavement, grounding the inhabitants in a continuity that values the weight of the soil above all else.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Houtzdale Little League Field (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 251° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 335° NW
Houtzdale Woodward Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 240° SW
Brisbin Dam Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 003° N
State Game Land 060 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.7 mi, 216° SW
Madera School Park (Recreation Easement) — 4.5 mi, 271° W
Wopsononock Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 199° S
Moshannon State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 6.1 mi, 122° SE
Moshannon Valley Heritage Center (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 054° NE
John Henry Simler House (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 054° NE
Philipsburg (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 054° NE
Halehurst (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 054° NE
Coalport Area Coal Museum (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 241° SW
Grace Nature Trail (Nature Reserve) — 10.9 mi, 144° SE
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 152° SE
Prince Gallitzin State Park (State Park) — 13.0 mi, 208° SW
Ritz Theater (Cinema) — 14.4 mi, 341° N
The Liddle Gallery (Gallery) — 14.4 mi, 341° N
Black Moshannon State Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 070° E
Bridge Abutment (Historic Ruins) — 15.6 mi, 309° NW
Beaver Dam Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 15.8 mi, 070° E
Carnivorous Pitcher Plant (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 071° E
Halfmoon Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 19.1 mi, 092° E
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 143° SE
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 143° SE
Great Auk (Public Artwork) — 19.8 mi, 189° S
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 187° S
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 24.6 mi, 186° S
Quehanna Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 24.9 mi, 013° N
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 44.2 mi, 330° NW · 514k acres

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