Sylvan Hills Pennsylvania Map

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.

About This Sylvan Hills Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sylvan Hills, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.448672, -78.383921. 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 Sylvan Hills includes the ZIP code (17406, 16648), 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 (Hollidaysburg 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.