Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County
West Mahanoy Township

Altamont

Altamont is a census-designated place in , , , United States. The population was 624 at the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 602 residents
  • Description: CDP in central Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
  • Also known as: “Altamont, PA” and “Altamont, Pennsylvania”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Ascension Orthodox Church (Frackville, Pennsylvania) and Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church (Frackville, Pennsylvania).

Church
Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Prison
The is a maximum-security correctional facility for males off Interstate 81 in in rural , , on the outskirts of and about 40 miles northwest of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Frackville and Boston Run.

Town
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a borough in . Incorporated in 1876, is located at the intersection of Interstate 81 and Pennsylvania State Route 61, which is approximately 102 miles northwest of Philadelphia and 60 miles southwest of .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and former coal town known as Suffolk in , , United States. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Altamont.

Village
Photo: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a borough in in the of . It is distinct from , which is part of immediately to the north. is situated 3 miles northeast of Altamont.

Altamont

Latitude
40.78256° or 40° 46′ 57″ north
Longitude
-76.22351° or 76° 13′ 25″ west
Population
602
Elevation
1,549 feet (472 metres)
Open location code
87G5QQMG+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158360407
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5178183
Wiki­data ID
Q592586
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Volapük—“Altamont” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Altamont”
  • Catalan: “Altamont”
  • Cebuano: “Altamont”
  • Chechen: “Альтамонт”
  • Chinese: “Altamont”
  • Dutch: “Altamont”
  • French: “Altamont”
  • German: “Altamont”
  • Gilaki: “آلتامانت (پنسيلوانيا)”
  • Gilaki: “آلتامانت”
  • Irish: “Altamont”
  • Italian: “Altamont”
  • Japanese: “アルタモント (ペンシルヴェニア州)”
  • Japanese: “アルタモント (ペンシルベニア州)”
  • Japanese: “アルタモント”
  • Ladin: “Altamont”
  • Malagasy: “Altamont, Pennsylvania”
  • Malagasy: “Altamont”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Altamont”
  • Persian: “التامانت، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Persian: “التامانت”
  • Portuguese: “Altamont”
  • Serbian: “Altamont”
  • Serbian: “Алтамонт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Altamont, Pennsylvania”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Altamont”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلتامونت، پنسیلوانیا”
  • Spanish: “Altamont”
  • Swedish: “Altamont, Pennsylvania”
  • Swedish: “Altamont”
  • Tatar: “Альтамонт”
  • Turkish: “Altamont, PA”
  • Turkish: “Altamont”
  • Ukrainian: “Альтамонт”
  • Uzbek: “Altamont”
  • Volapük: “Altamont”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Altamont”. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0.