Wopsononock Pennsylvania Map

About Wopsononock, Pennsylvania

Wopsononock is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 56. The population density is 46.6 people per km². Wopsononock is located at 40.5681°N, 78.4514°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16636.

Wopsononock emerges from the high, rugged spine of the landscape where the air grows thin and the light catches the stubborn, jagged edges of the earth. It lies 4.5 miles northwest of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 319°T), and is situated 5.4 miles west-northwest of Greenwood. The Spring Run carves a quiet, persistent path nearby, its waters moving with a deliberate, cold clarity that defines the local topography. To the west, the Allegheny Mountains rise in a series of deep, shadowed folds, their silhouettes dominating the horizon and dictating the way the weather breaks across the plateau. State Game Land 267 encompasses the surrounding territory, preserving the dense, unyielding character of the woodlands that define the immediate perimeter. There is a particular clarity to the dusk here, a violet bruising of the sky that settles over the ridges, turning the sprawling expanse of the woods into a singular, dark mass of timber and stone.

Wopsononock retains the quiet, industrious echoes of an era defined by rail and resource extraction, a history that lingers in the weathered foundations and the way the local economy has adapted to the constraints of the terrain. The proximity to Pancake Flats provides a brief, level reprieve from the steep gradients, serving as a reminder of the geological theater that shapes the lives of those who remain. Residents often look toward the quiet surface of Homer Gap Reservoir, a body of water that mirrors the stillness of the surrounding heights and provides a necessary anchor for the local ecosystem. Life here proceeds with a measured, deliberate pace, dictated by the turning of the seasons and the demands of a landscape that does not easily surrender its secrets to casual observation.

About This Wopsononock Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wopsononock, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.568123, -78.451405. 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 Wopsononock includes the ZIP code (16636), 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 (Altoona 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.