WayfarrowCliffs
Ghost town · Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Cliffs is a ghost town in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It is the only former community in Bedford County recorded on the federal names register, out of 102 across Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cliffs as a historical populated place on the Everett West topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.0192° N, 78.4784° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Everett West |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,068 ft |
| Nearest living town | Bedford, PA |
| Distance to it | 1.3 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1201888 |
| Coordinates | 40.01925, -78.47835 |
What's there now
Cliffs is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bedford, PA (population 2,851), about 1.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,068 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Heirline Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 6.1 mi
- Diehls Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 9 mi
- Feltons Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 10.5 mi
- Halls Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 11.2 mi
- New Paris Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 11.4 mi
- Jacksons Mill Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 11.4 mi
- Osterburg Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 11.4 mi
- Ryot Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 11.5 mi
- Snooks Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 11.7 mi
- Dr. Knisley Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Bedford County · 11.7 mi
- Bills Placeghost town · Fulton County · 14.7 mi
- New Baltimore Bridgecovered bridge · Somerset County · 15.7 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.