Linds Crossing Pennsylvania Map

About Linds Crossing, Pennsylvania

Linds Crossing is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 142. The population density is 261.1 people per km². Linds Crossing is located at 40.4420°N, 78.3217°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16648.

Linds Crossing emerges from the verdant, folded earth where the Frankstown Branch Juniata River carves a deliberate path through the limestone bedrock. It lies 6.5 miles southeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 144°T), and is situated 3.7 miles east-northeast of Hollidaysburg. The landscape surrounding Linds Crossing is defined by the rhythmic contraction of the ridge-and-valley terrain, a geological architecture that keeps the horizon crowded with the long, shadowed silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains. To the east, the earth dips into the basin known as The Loop, while the air here carries a heavy, terrestrial sweetness, particularly at dusk when the cooling river currents pull the scent of damp shale and wild clover through the hollows. Only three miles away, the surface of Canoe Creek Lake holds a mirror to the sky, its stillness offering a sharp, glassy contrast to the persistent, burbling momentum of the nearby riverbed.

History in Linds Crossing is measured not by grand monuments, but by the stubborn persistence of the rail lines and the quiet industry that once channeled the region's raw materials toward the industrial hubs of the west. The local economy maintains a steady, modest pace, informed by the proximity of State Game Land 147, which preserves the dense, deciduous canopy that has defined this corridor for generations. Families here often trace their roots to the laborers who managed the river crossings or tended the small-scale agricultural plots that cling to the lower slopes. Life in Linds Crossing unfolds with the predictable, unadorned reliability of the seasons, where the primary concerns remain the maintenance of the homestead and the seasonal shifts in the forest, ensuring that the legacy of this place remains rooted in the soil rather than the shifting trends of the outside world.

About This Linds Crossing Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Linds Crossing, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.442017, -78.321679. 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 Linds Crossing includes the ZIP code (16648), 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 (Hollidaysburg 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.