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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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. 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″ northLongitude
-78.46093° or 78° 27′ 39″ westElevation
1,355 feet (413 metres)Open location code
87G3FGRQ+RJOpenStreetMap ID
way 170944752OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
5196739
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Coburn and Mill Run.
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