Snyder Pennsylvania Map

About Snyder, Pennsylvania

Snyder is a locality in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 539. Snyder is located at 40.4467°N, 79.2848°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15717.

Snyder occupies a basin defined by the steady, persistent passage of Blacklick Creek, which carves a path through the earth with a quiet, industrial gravity. It lies 13.9 miles south-southwest of Indiana, PA (from Indiana, PA: bearing 210°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-northeast of Loyalhanna. The landscape surrounding Snyder unfolds in a series of deliberate elevations, where the ground rises to meet the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains forty-one miles to the east. Sunlight here often catches the damp minerals of the soil, turning the fields a deep, bruised umber in the late afternoon, while the nearby Conemaugh River Lake provides a vast, reflective stillness that anchors the horizon. Beyond the immediate banks, the land dips into the shadowed folds of Tannery Hollow, creating a topography that feels both ancient and deeply settled, far from the influence of any maritime breeze.

Snyder maintains a temperament forged by the legacy of the regional extraction and manufacturing industries that once dictated the pace of life in this part of the plateau. The local economy persists with a modest, pragmatic resilience, reflecting the industrious spirit of residents who have long looked toward the land and the waterways for their livelihood. During the quieter hours, one might catch the scent of dampened pine carried from the distant State Forest Lands, a reminder of the wilder stretches that border the more developed pockets of the region. Even the memory of Holiday Lake, situated eleven miles away, adds to the sense of a geography defined by its internal reservoirs and stream-fed valleys, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the slow, steady movement of water and the enduring presence of the hills.

About This Snyder Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Snyder, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.446735, -79.284759. 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 Snyder includes the ZIP code (15717), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Indiana County (Indiana), and school district assignment.

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.