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Sylvan Hills Pennsylvania Map

Explore Sylvan Hills, 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 Sylvan Hills, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Sylvan Hills, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.448672
Longitude	-78.383921
Population	720
Density	725.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	17406, 16648
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Hollidaysburg
School District	Hollidaysburg Area School District

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About Sylvan Hills, Pennsylvania

Sylvan Hills is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 720. The population density is 725.8 people per km². Sylvan Hills is located at 40.4487°N, 78.3839°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17406, 16648.

Sylvan Hills emerges from the verdant, folded earth of the Allegheny Plateau, where the land rises in long, deliberate swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains. It lies 5.0 miles south of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 174°T), and is situated 1.3 miles north of Hollidaysburg. The Brush Run carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the shifting gray and amber light of an inland sky that feels vast and unburdened by the humidity of the coast. To the north, the calm surface of Lakemont Reservoir holds the stillness of the afternoon, while the nearby expanse of Kelly Park offers a quiet sanctuary where the forest floor thickens with moss and fallen hardwoods. The air here carries a crisp, mineral quality, a cool breath drawn from the deep shadows of the valley floor known as The Loop, grounding Sylvan Hills in a landscape that feels ancient and indifferent to the hurried pace of the wider world.

Generations have anchored their lives to the firm, rocky soil of Sylvan Hills, building a legacy upon the stubborn persistence of local industry and the steady work of the seasons. The economy remains tethered to the quiet resilience of the region, where the echoes of manufacturing and the steady rhythm of the surrounding woodland define the daily pulse of the streets. Here, the architecture retains a functional, unadorned honesty, with brick facades and sturdy porches that speak to a history forged in the practical demands of the plateau. Residents move through their days with a deliberate grace, finding comfort in the recurring patterns of a life lived close to the land, where the changing color of the leaves against the backdrop of the Allegheny Mountains marks the passage of time more clearly than any clock.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Golden Tiger Statue (Public Artwork) — 1.0 mi, 239° SW
Legion Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 224° SW
Chimney Rocks Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 172° S
Fort Fetter Community Park Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 1.6 mi, 218° SW
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 1.6 mi, 336° NW
Brush Mountain Woodlands (Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 038° NE
Chimney Rocks Park Addition (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 185° S
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 085° E
State Game Land 147 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.6 mi, 167° S
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 236° SW
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 349° N
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 064° NE
State Game Land 198 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.4 mi, 282° W
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 6.1 mi, 061° NE
Wopsononock Lookout (Viewpoint) — 8.7 mi, 340° N
Old In-town Altoona airstrip (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 010° N
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 285° W
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 276° W
Admiral Peary Monument (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 274° W
Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 13.4 mi, 216° SW
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 287° W
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 15.4 mi, 137° SE
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 076° E
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 026° NE
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 052° NE
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 053° NE
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 18.0 mi, 282° W
Grace Nature Trail (Nature Reserve) — 19.1 mi, 026° NE
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 24.2 mi, 225° SW

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