THE PROSPECT PARK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau setting.
Prospect Park CDP has 0.61 square miles of land in Cameron County. Its Census reference point is in Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau, within North Central Appalachians.
Forest-covered plateau surfaces, high hills and low mountains are underlain by layered sedimentary rocks. Most of this region escaped continental glaciation, leaving deeply cut upland terrain.
Regional context: North Central Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Prospect Park and Cameron County
Prospect Park is associated with Cameron County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Prospect Park by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Prospect Park, or 1% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points higher than the 0.5% recorded for Cameron County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Prospect Park CDP has 85.8% of the land area of nearby Emporium borough (0.71 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

