Loop Pennsylvania Map

About Loop, Pennsylvania

Loop is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,039. The population density is 497.2 people per km². Loop is located at 40.4220°N, 78.3617°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16648.

Loop unfurls like a quiet sigh in the Appalachian foothills, a place where the land itself seems to breathe with the slow, deliberate exhalations of ancient trees. It lies 6.9 miles south-south-east of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 165°T), and is situated 1.5 miles east-south-east of Hollidaysburg. Here, the terrain is a study in gentle, verdant slopes that swell and recede, their contours softened by a persistent, mossy green that clings to rock and root alike. The air, especially as the sun begins its descent, carries a crispness tinged with the damp earth and the faint, sweet perfume of pine needles. Shadows lengthen, stretching long fingers across the undulating fields, and the distant murmur of a hidden creek, too shy to reveal itself entirely, provides a subtle soundtrack to the deepening twilight. The history of Loop is deeply entwined with the very earth from which it springs, a narrative of resourcefulness and quiet persistence. For generations, the fertile valleys that cradle Loop have sustained agricultural endeavors, their fields yielding crops that speak of the sun's generous warmth and the dependable cycles of rain. Echoes of earlier industries, perhaps hinted at by weathered barns or the ghosts of long-gone tracks, whisper of a time when the land was worked with a different kind of labor, a more rugged extraction. Today, a sense of enduring community pervades, a shared understanding born from generations who have called this stretch of Pennsylvania home, their lives woven into the subtle, enduring character of Loop.

About This Loop Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Loop, Pennsylvania with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Loop and Blair County.

Detailed location data for Loop includes the ZIP code (16256), 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). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Loop is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.