Sickles Corner Pennsylvania Map

About Sickles Corner, Pennsylvania

Sickles Corner is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 114. The population density is 287.7 people per km². Sickles Corner is located at 40.5540°N, 78.2828°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16601.

Sickles Corner emerges from the limestone-flecked earth where the Sinking Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the quiet bedrock. It lies 6.4 miles east-northeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 67°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-southwest of Tyrone. Dense woodlands characterize the immediate periphery, providing a verdant buffer that leads toward the expansive boundaries of State Game Land 166. To the west, the skyline is anchored by the blue, serrated silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains, a constant presence that gathers the afternoon shadows long before the sun disappears from the valley floor. The air here holds a crisp, mineral clarity, often carrying the scent of damp shale and cooling leaf litter as the light shifts into the long, amber glow of dusk.

Sickles Corner maintains a quiet relationship with the land, reflecting the persistent, industrious character of the broader region where agriculture and modest enterprise have long dictated the pace of the calendar. While the nearby Logan Valley once served as a conduit for regional transit and commerce, this locality retains a self-contained stillness, buffered from the rush of larger hubs by the surrounding ridges. Residents often look toward the waters of Kettle Reservoir for recreation or quiet reflection, a mirror for the sky that remains largely undisturbed by modern artifice. Life in Sickles Corner proceeds through the steady repetition of seasonal work and the maintenance of homesteads that have stood through cycles of change, preserving a sense of endurance that mirrors the ancient, unyielding geology beneath the soil.

About This Sickles Corner Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sickles Corner, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.553958, -78.28279. 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 Sickles Corner includes the ZIP code (16601), 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 (Altoona 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.