Westwood Pennsylvania Map

About Westwood, Pennsylvania

Westwood is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,003. The population density is 847.4 people per km². Westwood is located at 39.9702°N, 75.8553°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 19320, 15220, 15905.

Westwood emerges from the undulating terrain of the Commonwealth as a quiet intersection of land and legacy, defined by the persistent, measured character of the interior landscape. It lies 1.7 miles west of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 265°T), and is situated 0.6 miles north-northwest of Westmont. Powell Stackhouse Park serves as the immediate green lung of Westwood, providing a seamless boundary where the manicured edges of the neighborhood dissolve into the wilder, denser growth of the regional woods. Beyond the immediate perimeter, the topography deepens into the shadows of Heckman Hollow, while the waters of Elk Run carve a low, rhythmic path through the soil, drawing life toward the nearby basin of Mill Creek Reservoir. On days when the air holds a particular clarity, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains reminds the observer that this land is part of a much larger, ancient geological folding, far removed from the leveling influence of the coast.

Westwood reflects the quiet industriousness of a region that has long balanced the legacy of labor with the slow encroachment of modern residential life. While State Forest Lands offer a vast, timbered expanse for those who seek the solitude of the deep woods, the local economy remains tethered to the pulse of the surrounding interior, favoring the steady persistence of small-scale commerce and the daily transit of people moving between the residential grid and the regional centers. Residents often find their way to the Laurel Highlands Trail to traverse the spine of the wilderness, or they might pause near the cooling spray of White Tail Falls, where the water’s constant motion provides a sharp contrast to the stillness of the town. The atmosphere here is one of deliberate endurance, where the changing light across the fields marks the passage of seasons more reliably than the clamor of external progress, keeping the pace of life in Westwood grounded in the immediate, tangible earth.

About This Westwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Westwood, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 39.970186, -75.855285. 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 Westwood includes the ZIP code (19320, 15220, 15905), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Cambria County (Ebensburg), and school district assignment (Coatesville 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.