Kittanning Point

Kittanning Point is a cliff in Blair County, Pennsylvania and has an elevation of 2,234 feet. Kittanning Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Elstie, as well as near Greenfield.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horseshoe Curve.

Horseshoe Curve

Heritage site

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

The Horseshoe Curve is a three-track railroad curve on Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. The curve is roughly 2,375 feet long and 1,300 feet in diameter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altoona and Lakemont.

Altoona

Photo: Bossi, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Altoona is a city in central Pennsylvania. Altoona was founded as a railroad town by the Pennsylvania Railroad as the site of their Altoona Works shops, and its history as a railroad town still shows in the town today despite the decline of the railroad and its eventual absorption into Penn Central, Conrail, and now Norfolk Southern.

Lakemont

Hamlet

Lakemont is a census-designated place in Allegheny and Logan Townships in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located to the east of I-99 and is located between Altoona and Hollidaysburg. Lakemont is situated 6 miles east of Kittanning Point.

Duncansville

Village

Duncansville is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical area. The population was 1,258 at the 2020 census. Duncansville is situated 6 miles southeast of Kittanning Point.

Kittanning Point

Type: Cliff with an elevation of 2,234 feet
Description: cliff in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States
Category: landform
Location: Blair County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.49979° or 40° 29′ 59″ north

Longitude

-78.49002° or 78° 29′ 24″ west

Elevation

2,234 feet (681 metres)

Open location code

87G3FGX5+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357293960

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cliff

GeoNames ID

5196361

Wikidata ID

Q49469294

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In Other Languages

“Kittanning Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Kittanning Point”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Elstie and Greenfield.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Horseshoe Curve Visitors Center and Upper Kittanning Reservoir.

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