Reightown Pennsylvania Map

About Reightown, Pennsylvania

Reightown is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 378. The population density is 605.6 people per km². Reightown is located at 40.6023°N, 78.3333°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16617, 16686.

Reightown occupies a narrow, quiet stretch of land defined by the persistent pulse of Bells Gap Run, which carves a path through the earth just steps from the center of activity. It lies 6.6 miles north-northeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 29°T), and is situated 6.9 miles southwest of Tyrone. The air here holds a crisp, earthen weight, cooling quickly as shadows lengthen across the surrounding expanse of the Allegheny Mountains, which rise in dark, serrated silhouettes against the evening sky. Only a mile away, the floor of Logan Valley levels out into a broad, fertile basin that catches the amber light of dusk, turning the fields into sheets of polished brass. Three miles to the east, the stillness of Bellwood Reservoir acts as a dark, glass-like mirror for the high pines, anchoring the landscape in a deep, reflective silence that seems to mute the mechanical hum of the modern world.

Reightown retains the deliberate, measured pace of a place built on the grit of the old industrial age, where the legacy of rail and labor remains etched into the very layout of the streets. The Bells Gap Railroad Trail serves as a quiet artery for the locality, repurposing the heavy iron history of the region into a path for morning walkers and those seeking the quiet solitude of the woods. Local life turns on the rhythm of the seasons rather than the frantic ticking of a clock, with the local economy shifting from the heavy extraction of the past toward a steady, low-key resilience. Here, the porches of modest, sturdy houses face the tracks, and the people of Reightown move with an unforced familiarity, their lives tethered to the steady, enduring geography of the valley floor and the looming, protective presence of the ridges above.

About This Reightown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Reightown, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.602288, -78.333348. 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 Reightown includes the ZIP code (16617, 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 (Bellwood-Antis 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.