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Ski Gap Pennsylvania Map

Explore Ski Gap, 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 Ski Gap, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Ski Gap, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.316
Longitude	-78.5174
Population	71
Density	212.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16625
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Hollidaysburg
School District	Claysburg-Kimmel School District

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About Ski Gap, Pennsylvania

Ski Gap is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 71. The population density is 212.5 people per km². Ski Gap is located at 40.3160°N, 78.5174°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16625.

Ski Gap occupies a quiet corridor where the earth rises in slow, deliberate folds toward the Allegheny Mountains. It lies 15.4 miles south-southwest of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 205°T), and is situated 8.9 miles southwest of Penn Farms. South Poplar Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the gray-blue light that gathers in the low-lying reaches of Wolf Hollow. Beyond the immediate embankments, the land transitions into the dense, shadowed timber of Babcock State Forest, where the air holds a permanent, cool dampness. The landscape is defined by this verticality, a place where the horizon is constantly interrupted by the ridge-lines and the persistent, unyielding presence of the high country. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate; it shifts across the slopes in long, muted bars, turning the color of the brush from deep ochre to a sharp, brittle silver as the day wanes.

Ski Gap retains the residue of a landscape shaped by extraction and the stubborn persistence of rural industry, where the pace of life is measured by the seasonal retreat of the frost. A few miles away, the expansive grounds of Blue Knob State Park provide a sanctuary for the hemlocks and maples that define the regional canopy, while the nearby Portage Reservoir offers a still, dark mirror to the surrounding hills. Economic rhythms here are tied to the land’s stubborn yield and the maintenance of the roads that wind through the gaps, connecting the isolated homesteads to the wider plateau. The character of the people remains as tempered as the climate, influenced by the long, inward-looking winters and the brief, bright intensity of a Pennsylvania summer. Through every changing season, the geography demands a specific kind of attention, requiring a traveler to notice how the light catches the stone and how the wind carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles from the deep woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 204° SW
State Game Land 026 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 285° W
Pavia (Viewpoint) — 3.5 mi, 223° SW
Claysburg Area Community Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 108° E
Kimmel Township Community Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 170° S
State Game Land 041 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 117° SE
Lost Cox Children Monument (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 253° W
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 028° NE
Golden Tiger Statue (Public Artwork) — 10.6 mi, 035° NE
Admiral Peary Monument (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 337° NW
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 340° N
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 351° N
Sidman Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 275° W
Kittanning Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 12.0 mi, 011° N
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 12.4 mi, 031° NE
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 12.8 mi, 232° SW
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 13.0 mi, 277° W
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 276° W
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 335° NW
Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.9 mi, 118° SE
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 024° NE
Raystown Lake (Recreation Area) — 15.7 mi, 112° E
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 318° NW
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 16.7 mi, 321° NW
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 16.8 mi, 104° E
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 17.3 mi, 046° NE
Shawnee State Park (State Park) — 18.4 mi, 197° S
Lime kiln (Historic Ruins) — 19.7 mi, 173° S
Serafina Art Studio (Gallery) — 20.5 mi, 178° S
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 74.5 mi, 349° N · 514k acres

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