Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Iowa
• Level 2: Polk County
• Level 3: Township of Clay

Current local time in Altoona:

04:57 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Altoona on map:^[1]

Altoona GPS coordinates^[2]

41° 38' 38.976" North, 93° 27' 52.776" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	42.16745°,	-94.16779°
Center:	41.64416°,	-93.46466°
Lower-right:	41.11658°,	-92.76154°
Map W x H:	116.8×116.8 km	= 72.6×72.6mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑27.7% North
Altoona:	41.64416°
min Lat:	⇓72.3% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Altoona	max Long
-171.73463°	-93.46466°	-66.98998°
W 32.6%⇐		⇒67.4% E

Elevation

Elevation of Altoona is 288 m = 945 ft, and this is 6.8 m = 22 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	29.6%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Altoona	288 m = 945 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	70.4%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Altoona is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 2024.5 km =1258 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Altoona
North Pole	5376.7	3340.9	to North
Arctic Circle	2770.8	1721.7	to North
Tropic Cancer	2024.5	1258	to South
Equator	4630.4	2877.2	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Altoona: (largest is in red/bold)

• Ankeny 15.1 km =9.4 mi, 309°
• Bondurant 6.3 km =3.9 mi, 1°
• Carlisle 16.1 km =10 mi, 187°
• Colfax 18.6 km =11.6 mi, 78°
• Des Moines 12.9 km =8 mi, 248°
• Elkhart 17.1 km =10.6 mi, 343°
• Hartford 21.1 km =13.1 mi, 166°
• Johnston 19.6 km =12.2 mi, 279°
• Mitchellville 9.3 km =5.8 mi, 72°
• Pleasant Hill 8.1 km =5 mi, 214°
• Prairie City 19.7 km =12.2 mi, 104°
• Runnells 17.3 km =10.7 mi, 148°
• Saylorville 14.2 km =8.8 mi, 285°
• Urbandale 20.7 km =12.9 mi, 264°
• Windsor Heights 20.9 km =13 mi, 255°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Алтуна
• In Chinese: 阿尔图纳