Enter your search query in the box below.

Scalp Level Pennsylvania Map

Explore Scalp Level, 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 Scalp Level, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Scalp Level, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Scalp Level
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Cambria County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.249798
Longitude	-78.848912
Population	744
Density	426.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	15963
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Ebensburg
School District	Windber Area School District

🌦 Goto Scalp Level Weather Page: Scalp Level, Pennsylvania — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Scalp Level, Pennsylvania

Scalp Level is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 744. The population density is 426.8 people per km². Scalp Level is located at 40.2498°N, 78.8489°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Scalp Level is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15963.

Scalp Level rises from the dense, folded terrain of the Allegheny Plateau, where the earth holds a quiet, heavy stillness. It lies 6.6 miles southeast of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 144°T), and is situated 7.1 miles southeast of Westmont. Little Paint Creek carves a persistent path through the local landscape, its waters cold and dark as they move over weathered stones, while the silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains looms twenty-five miles distant on the horizon like a jagged ink-wash against the sky. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate; it filters through the deep canopy of Babcock State Forest, casting long, bruised shadows across the valley floors and turning the afternoon air into a fine, suspended dust. Beyond the immediate woodlots, the land softens into the basin of Soap Hollow, where the moisture clings to the soil long after the morning has burned away, and the occasional traveler might find the quiet solitude of Bigan Pond resting five miles out, a mirror for the shifting gray clouds.

Scalp Level bears the marks of a history etched in coal and hard labor, a legacy that once hummed with the industrial pulse of the region before settling into the steady, muted cadence of a modern Pennsylvania small town. Residents find their recreation in the simple, manicured patches of 1st Street Park, or follow the winding, rugged path of the Lost Turkey Trail, which offers a five-mile escape into the deeper timber where the echoes of the past remain undisturbed. The economic rhythm of the locality has shifted away from the soot and iron of previous generations, yet the character of the people remains tethered to this specific, uneven ground. Life unfolds here with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, where the sound of White Tail Falls, five miles removed, serves as a distant, rushing pulse, reminding those who stay that the land continues its slow, ancient work regardless of the shifting fortunes of its inhabitants.

Nearby Outdoor Places

1st Street Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 288° W
Windber Borough Playground (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 149° SE
Winber Borough Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 106° E
V. E. Erickson Little League Park (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 309° NW
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 1.6 mi, 032° NE
Gallitzin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.9 mi, 139° SE
Roxbury Bandshell (Theatre) — 5.0 mi, 308° NW
Salix Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 051° NE
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 6.2 mi, 135° SE
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 6.4 mi, 322° NW
John P. Murtha Statue (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 322° NW
World War II Memorial (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 325° NW
Morley’s Dog (Public Artwork) — 6.5 mi, 325° NW
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 6.7 mi, 321° NW
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 7.4 mi, 327° NW
Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 326° NW
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 037° NE
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 7.6 mi, 037° NE
State Game Land 042 (State Resource Management Area) — 8.2 mi, 300° NW
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 323° NW
Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 11.6 mi, 087° E
Flight 93 National Memorial Entrance (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 190° S
Fort Dewart (Historic Castle / Fort) — 14.7 mi, 162° S
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 021° N
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 18.8 mi, 021° N
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 043° NE
Jack Be Nimble (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 272° W

Latest News: Scalp Level

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News