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Shellytown Pennsylvania Map

Explore Shellytown, 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 Shellytown, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Shellytown, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.408963
Longitude	-78.209177
Population	41
Density	117.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16693
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Hollidaysburg
School District	Williamsburg Community School District

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About Shellytown, Pennsylvania

Shellytown is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 41. The population density is 117.3 people per km². Shellytown is located at 40.4090°N, 78.2092°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16693.

Shellytown occupies a quiet fold of the earth where the light at dusk turns the limestone outcrops the color of bruised plums. It lies 12.4 miles southeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 128°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east of Hollidaysburg. Clover Creek carves a persistent, silver-threaded path through the landscape, its banks lined with sycamores that drop ragged, mottled bark into the current. To the west, the jagged, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains defines the horizon, acting as a permanent, stoic backdrop to the expansive, verdant fields that characterize the local terrain. Only a short distance away, the vast, still waters of Raystown Lake mirror the shifting clouds, while the nearby expanse of State Game Land 073 provides a dense, wooded sanctuary for the local fauna. The air here holds a crisp, mineral quality, a sharp reminder of the elevation and the deep, silent limestone bedrock that anchors the entire valley.

Shellytown persists as a deliberate study in endurance, its history rooted in the agrarian rhythms of the Pennsylvania interior and the slow, steady labor of the soil. The local economy remains tethered to the land, supported by a patchwork of family farms and a long-standing tradition of small-scale resource management that echoes the industrious spirit of the region. Residents often look toward the nearby Turkey Valley for historical context, finding in its fertile basin the origins of the area’s settlement patterns. Life moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, occasionally punctuated by the footsteps of a hiker returning from the Sheep Rock Trail or the quiet commerce of the main thoroughfares. In Shellytown, the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the way the morning frost clings to the fence lines or the deep, resonant hum of the wind moving through the valley floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Game Land 073 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 140° SE
State Game Land 118 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 092° E
Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 2.9 mi, 132° SE
Raystown Lake (Recreation Area) — 3.4 mi, 139° SE
Recreation Drive Park (Local Recreation) — 3.7 mi, 008° N
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 3.7 mi, 007° N
Lower Trail (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 003° N
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 5.5 mi, 326° NW
Trough Creek State Park (State Park) — 6.2 mi, 135° SE
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 6.3 mi, 147° SE
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 6.8 mi, 326° NW
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 292° W
Brush Mountain Woodlands (Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 303° NW
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 046° NE
Hawn's Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.1 mi, 082° E
Golden Tiger Statue (Public Artwork) — 10.3 mi, 282° W
Captain Phillips' Rangers Memorial (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 196° S
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 10.7 mi, 293° NW
The Lower Trail (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 023° NE
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 12.0 mi, 058° NE
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 306° NW
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 272° W
Post Office and General Store (Historic Ruins) — 13.4 mi, 139° SE
Little Juniata Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 019° N
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 019° N
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 018° N
Mapleton Historical Society (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 095° E
Three Crosses of Mapleton (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 095° E
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 355° N
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 286° W

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