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Linds Crossing Pennsylvania Map

Explore Linds Crossing, 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 Linds Crossing, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Linds Crossing, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Linds Crossing
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Blair County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.442017
Longitude	-78.321679
Population	142
Density	261.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16648
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Hollidaysburg
School District	Hollidaysburg Area School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 298° NW
State Game Land 147 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.8 mi, 138° SE
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 2.8 mi, 029° NE
Brush Mountain Woodlands (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 332° NW
Chimney Rocks Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 249° W
Lower Trail (Private Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 053° NE
Chimney Rocks Park Addition (Local Recreation) — 3.7 mi, 249° W
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 4.0 mi, 031° NE
Golden Tiger Statue (Public Artwork) — 4.2 mi, 269° W
Legion Memorial Park (Local Park) — 4.3 mi, 262° W
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 4.4 mi, 297° NW
State Game Land 166 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.5 mi, 006° N
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 321° NW
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 255° W
Kittanning Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 7.6 mi, 297° NW
Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.2 mi, 123° SE
Old In-town Altoona airstrip (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 349° N
Wopsononock Lookout (Viewpoint) — 10.7 mi, 324° NW
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 12.1 mi, 135° SE
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 283° W
Captain Phillips' Rangers Memorial (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 167° S
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 071° E
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 276° W
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 043° NE
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 044° NE
Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 227° SW
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 015° N
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 16.5 mi, 076° E
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 285° W
Grace Nature Trail (Nature Reserve) — 18.3 mi, 016° N

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