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Southmont Pennsylvania Map

Explore Southmont, 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 Southmont, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Southmont, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.31063
Longitude	-78.938637
Population	2,045
Density	750.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	15905
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Ebensburg
School District	Westmont Hilltop School District

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About Southmont, Pennsylvania

Southmont is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,045. The population density is 750.5 people per km². Southmont is located at 40.3106°N, 78.9386°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Southmont is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15905.

Southmont occupies a high, steady plateau where the air holds a crisp, pressurized clarity, defined by the persistent presence of the Cheney Run cutting its path through the terrain. It lies 1.4 miles southwest of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 218°T), and is situated 0.8 miles east-southeast of Westmont. The landscape surrounding Southmont is marked by the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains, which rise against the horizon like a serrated charcoal line. To the east, the terrain dips toward the quiet, low-slung geography of Soap Hollow, while the nearby waters of Mill Creek Reservoir offer a stillness that mirrors the sky. Residents often find themselves passing through the grounds of Unknown Park, a space that serves as a quiet anchor for the neighborhood, before venturing toward the deeper, untamed quietude found within the State Forest Lands. When the light shifts toward evening, the atmosphere takes on a silvered, metallic quality, illuminating the way toward the rushing descent of White Tail Falls.

Southmont grew from the industrial ambition of the region, carrying an inheritance of labor that once defined the valleys of the Pennsylvania interior. While the economy has evolved beyond the heavy manufacturing that characterized the earlier decades, the character of the place remains firmly rooted in a tradition of steady, purposeful industry. The proximity of the Laurel Highlands Trail provides a modern conduit for those who look to the outdoors, yet the local spirit retains a certain reserve, a preference for the measured pace of life that persists through the seasons. Education and local enterprise now form the quiet pulse of the streets, where the architecture reflects a history of solid, brick-built endurance. Visitors and residents alike observe how the daily rhythm here is dictated not by sudden change, but by the slow, deliberate turning of the year against the backdrop of the rugged, inland terrain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 150° SE
Powell Stackhouse Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 357° N
Engh Field (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 298° NW
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 1.2 mi, 027° NE
Chapin Arch (Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 080° E
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 1.2 mi, 045° NE
John P. Murtha Statue (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 042° NE
Roxbury Bandshell (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 145° SE
Rolling Mills Mine Disaster (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 032° NE
Somerset Street Playground (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 061° NE
World War II Memorial (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 043° NE
Morley’s Dog (Public Artwork) — 1.5 mi, 042° NE
Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 2.1 mi, 014° N
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 2.1 mi, 018° N
State Game Land 042 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 267° W
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 3.2 mi, 344° N
Gallitzin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 002° N
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 117° SE
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 079° E
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 9.5 mi, 079° E
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 12.5 mi, 133° SE
Flight 93 National Memorial Entrance (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 170° S
Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 16.5 mi, 099° E
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 042° NE
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 17.6 mi, 041° NE
Jack Be Nimble (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 259° W
Hush A Bye Baby (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 259° W
Hickory Dickory Dock (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 259° W

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