Yellow Springs Pennsylvania Map

About Yellow Springs, Pennsylvania

Yellow Springs is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 159. The population density is 21.8 people per km². Yellow Springs is located at 40.5173°N, 78.2067°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16693.

Yellow Springs emerges from the landscape as a quiet intersection of limestone earth and the persistent, clear flow of Yellow Spring Run. It lies 9.9 miles east of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 90°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east of Greenwood. The atmosphere here holds a particular weight, where the light at dusk softens against the heavy, mineral-rich soil of Canoe Valley, casting long shadows that seem to anchor the buildings to the ground. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains define the horizon, providing a permanent, jagged edge to the sky that contrasts with the softer, immediate terrain of the valley floor. Only a mile away, the quiet expanse of State Game Land 166 offers a dense, undisturbed refuge of brush and timber, while the deeper, stillness of Ganister Blue Hole waits four miles out, a concentrated reflection of the sky amidst the trees.

History in Yellow Springs remains visible in the architecture of the older structures, which stand as deliberate, sturdy responses to the challenges of the regional climate. The local economy has long been shaped by the interplay between these natural resources and the necessity of industry, a legacy that lingers in the way the town organizes its daily labor and commerce. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the influence of the wider plateau is felt in the steady, rhythmic movement of the seasons, which dictate the pace of life far more than any clock. Residents move through the day with an awareness of the proximity of the Indian Trail, a reminder of the paths carved into this region long before the current roads were paved, grounding the modern experience of Yellow Springs in a much older, more persistent reality.

About This Yellow Springs Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Yellow Springs, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.517293, -78.206677. 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 Yellow Springs includes the ZIP code (16693), 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 (Williamsburg Community 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.