Fly fishing near Altoona, Pennsylvania

Aerial view of the town of Tyrone in a green valley between forested ridges
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Tyrone, Pennsylvania, from the air: Bald Eagle Creek meets the Little Juniata River in the town (the creek is not visible at this distance). Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

10 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Altoona, Pennsylvania, in a straight line; the nearest are Kettle Creek (2 mi), Mill Run (2 mi) and Bald Eagle Creek (14 mi).

More about Altoona

1 fly shop and 1 fly-fishing guide are in Altoona or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is State College, Penns Creek & Spring Creek, 34 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

10 waters near Altoona

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Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. Kettle CreekFreestone river · 2 mi · Catch and release
  2. Mill RunFreestone river · 2 mi · Class A Wild Trout
  3. Bald Eagle CreekFreestone river · 14 mi · Keystone Select · live USGS flow
  4. Little Juniata RiverFreestone river · 15 mi · Catch and release · live USGS flow
  5. Chest CreekFreestone river · 19 mi · Delayed Harvest
  6. Juniata RiverFreestone river · 20 mi · Agency-named bass water · live USGS flow
  7. Spruce CreekSpring creek · 21 mi · Catch and release
  8. Raystown Branch Juniata RiverTailwater · 22 mi · Special-regulation trout water · live USGS flow
  9. Yellow CreekFreestone river · 25 mi · Catch and release
  10. Beaver RunFreestone river · 25 mi · Class A Wild Trout

Fly shops nearby

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Shops that name Altoona as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Fly-fishing guides nearby

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Guides and outfitters that name Altoona as their town or are mapped within 15 miles. Confirm licences, rates and dates directly; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Nearest destination hub

State College, Penns Creek & Spring Creek · 34 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 1192069, Blair County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.