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Pinecroft Pennsylvania Map

Explore Pinecroft, 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 Pinecroft, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Pinecroft, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.568679
Longitude	-78.350014
Population	300
Density	447.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16601
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Hollidaysburg
School District	Bellwood-Antis School District

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About Pinecroft, Pennsylvania

Pinecroft is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 300. The population density is 447.2 people per km². Pinecroft is located at 40.5687°N, 78.3500°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16601.

Pinecroft holds a quiet stillness where the waters of Sandy Run carve a path through the earth, marking the transition from the lowlands toward the looming mass of the Allegheny Mountains. It lies 4.2 miles northeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 34°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north-northeast of Hollidaysburg. The air here carries a crisp, mineral weight, and when the light fails at dusk, it bruises the sky into shades of deep violet and slate gray, illuminating the rugged silhouettes of the ridges that hem the horizon. Three miles away, the surface of Homer Gap Reservoir remains a polished dark mirror, reflecting the dense canopy of trees that guard the perimeter of the water. Beyond the immediate banks, the land rises into the folds of Logan Valley, where the terrain is defined by its stubborn, rocky soil and the persistent, slow-moving currents that dictate the geography of the floor.

Pinecroft retains the echoes of an industrial age, its history etched into the remnants of rail beds and the quiet industry that once moved through these corridors. The Bells Gap Railroad Trail now serves as a passage for those seeking the stillness of the woods, repurposing the old iron arteries into a quiet ribbon of gravel and loam that traverses the local landscape. Life in Pinecroft moves with the measured pace of a place that has long outlasted its initial boom, favoring the steady work of small enterprises and the preservation of a rural, inland character. There is a particular beauty in the way the morning mist clings to the valley floor, obscuring the foundations of old workshops and leaving only the sharp, clean lines of the trees against the pale, emerging sun.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Old In-town Altoona airstrip (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 328° NW
Bells Gap Railroad Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 345° N
Kustaborder Field (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 234° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 233° SW
Greenwood Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 211° SW
State Game Land 166 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.2 mi, 127° SE
Great Auk (Public Artwork) — 3.6 mi, 239° SW
Fort Roberdeau Historic Site & Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 083° E
State Game Land 108 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 328° NW
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 216° SW
Wopsononock Lookout (Viewpoint) — 4.7 mi, 269° W
Brush Mountain Woodlands (Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 192° S
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 146° SE
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 6.4 mi, 146° SE
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 7.2 mi, 200° S
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 178° S
Prince Gallitzin State Park (State Park) — 8.6 mi, 314° NW
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 040° NE
Ashville Monumnet (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 266° W
Grace Nature Trail (Nature Reserve) — 11.0 mi, 036° NE
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 206° SW
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 079° E
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 080° E
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 241° SW
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 240° SW
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 106° E
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 254° W
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 18.1 mi, 105° E
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 19.5 mi, 146° SE

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