Olivia Pennsylvania Map

About Olivia, Pennsylvania

Olivia is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 66. The population density is 299.8 people per km². Olivia is located at 40.7126°N, 78.2016°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16686.

Olivia anchors the rugged landscape where the persistent flow of Vanscoyoc Run carves a quiet path through the earth. It lies 16.8 miles northeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 37°T), and is situated 3.5 miles northeast of Tyrone. The terrain surrounding Olivia rises in slow, deliberate swells, defined by the proximity of the deep, shadowed creases of Baughman Hollow. To the west, the distant, hazy blue spine of the Allegheny Mountains marks the horizon, standing as a silent witness to the seasonal shifts that turn the deciduous canopy from vibrant greens to a brittle, muted copper. The air here holds a distinct, cool weight, especially at dusk when the light flattens against the ridges, casting long, lean shadows that seem to anchor the woodland to the soil. Four miles to the north, the waters of Tyrone Reservoir Number One remain largely undisturbed, reflecting the gray, heavy skies of autumn with a clarity that borders on the somber.

State Game Land 278 encompasses the immediate periphery of Olivia, ensuring that the wild, untamed character of the Pennsylvania plateau remains the dominant neighbor to local life. The economy here has long been tethered to the slow pulse of the land, moving away from the heavy industry that defined the broader region in favor of smaller, more localized enterprises that respect the limitations of the hollows and the run. History in Olivia is not written in grand monuments, but in the enduring stone foundations and the persistence of narrow, winding roads that follow the natural topography rather than fighting against it. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own isolation, far from the frantic energy of the coast, where the silence of the woods provides a rhythm that governs the start and end of every working day.

About This Olivia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Olivia, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.712572, -78.201556. 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 Olivia includes the ZIP code (16686), 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 (Tyrone 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.