Blair County, Pennsylvania · 85 mi / ~105 min from Kittanning
Permanent, Christmas and landscape lighting in Altoona, PA
Altoona is about 85 miles and an hour and forty-five minutes from Kittanning, built up around the railroad and Horseshoe Curve. It sits outside our daily loop, so we plan Altoona visits as grouped trips through Blair County.

Altoona grew up as a railroad town, and the neighborhoods that housed shop workers and engineers still carry the brick rowhomes and foursquares built during that era, with the kind of deep trim and real fascia that color-matched track was designed to hug. Newer construction spreads out toward the edges of Blair County with simpler vinyl profiles that mount just as cleanly, just with a different look on the render.
Horseshoe Curve and the Railroaders Memorial Museum still draw visitors year-round, and a handful of business owners near those attractions have asked what permanent lighting looks like on a building that gets photographed constantly. The RGBWW system handles that the same way it handles a house: a clean warm white most of the year, with the option to switch a scene on for an event.
Altoona sits near the far end of our regular footprint, so we treat it the way we treat any distant stop, planning consultations and installs as multi-property trips through Blair County rather than one-off visits, without adding a travel charge to the quote. The Christmas season itself runs on the same calendar everywhere: design, render, install by the Elves, repairs inside 24 to 48 hours, takedown from January 4.
Services
Our work in and around Altoona
Permanent lighting
RGBWW roofline lighting for Altoona's brick railroad-era homes and buildings near Horseshoe Curve, with a true warm white that reads well on both old trim and new construction.
Christmas lighting
Christmas lighting for Blair County neighborhoods, grouped into route visits with no travel surcharge, still repaired within 24 to 48 hours through the season.
Landscape lighting
Uplighting and path lighting for hillside properties near Brush Mountain, on astronomical timers that account for the mountain's shifting shade patterns.
Why Altoona's terrain and distance both factor in
Altoona sits against Brush Mountain, and the elevation change across town means some properties catch more wind and worse ice than others just a few blocks apart. The permanent system's IP67 marine-grade silicone housing and aluminum track are built for that range regardless of which side of the grade a house sits on, and the render mock-up accounts for the specific roofline, not a generic template.
Being close to 100 miles out changes how we schedule Altoona, not what the system is capable of. We group Blair County stops together and plan them around the calendar, which keeps quotes free of travel padding while still getting the render mock-up back within 48 hours of the free consultation, same as anywhere closer to Kittanning.
At a glance
- About 105 minutes from the shop in Kittanning
- Free on-site consult, render mock-up within 48 hours
- Permanent installs finish in 1 to 2 days for most homes
- Christmas service calls within 24 to 48 hours, no charge
- 3-year parts and 1-year labor warranty
Around town: Horseshoe Curve · Railroaders Memorial Museum · Brush Mountain · Interstate 99
FAQ
Common questions from Blair County
From the journal
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