Lake Altoona

Lake Altoona is a reservoir in Blair County, Pennsylvania. Lake Altoona is situated nearby to the hamlet Coburn, as well as near Mill Run.

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.

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 5 miles south of Lake Altoona.

Lake Altoona

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Blair County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.49204° or 40° 29′ 31″ north

Longitude

-78.46093° or 78° 27′ 39″ west

Elevation

1,355 feet (413 metres)

Open location code

87G3FGRQ+RJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 170944752

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

GeoNames ID

5196739

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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Altoona from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

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