McConnellstown Pennsylvania Map

About McConnellstown, Pennsylvania

McConnellstown is a locality in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,208. The population density is 142.6 people per km². McConnellstown is located at 40.4644°N, 78.0669°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16652.

McConnellstown holds the quiet, limestone-heavy earth of Hartslog Valley within a landscape defined by the persistent, winding movement of Crooked Creek. It lies 17.1 miles east-southeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 105°T), and is situated 4.4 miles west-southwest of Huntingdon. The air here carries a crisp, mineral edge, sharpened by the proximity of the Allegheny Mountains that silhouette the western horizon in a jagged, hazy indigo. Within the immediate basin, the terrain shifts from the modest, manicured grounds of Walker Township Municipal Park to the denser, darker stands of timber that suggest the deeper wilderness found toward The Pennsylvania State University Experimental Forest. Light in the late afternoon catches the limestone outcroppings, turning the gray stone a bruised, metallic violet before the shadows of the ridges pull the valley into an early, cool dusk.

McConnellstown retains the stubborn, deliberate character of a settlement forged by the rhythms of the land rather than the ambitions of distant markets. While the economy once leaned into the extraction and agricultural labor typical of the region, the modern pulse of McConnellstown remains tethered to the slow passage of water and the recreation offered by the nearby Raystown Lake. Residents often look toward the rugged paths of the Sheep Rock Trail, where the ground is littered with the fossils of a much older, wetter world. The local pace is marked not by industry, but by the way the seasons alter the flow of Crooked Creek, turning the stream from a sluggish, muddy ribbon in the heat of August to a swollen, crystalline force that reminds the inhabitants of the valley’s ancient, geological patience.

About This McConnellstown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of McConnellstown, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.46438, -78.066937. 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 McConnellstown includes the ZIP code (16652), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Huntingdon County (Huntingdon), and school district assignment (Huntingdon 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.