Logan Township is home to Horseshoe Curve, a National Historic Landmark.

[3] Logan Township is located in west-central Blair County and nearly encloses the city of Altoona.

Route 220 freeway passes through Logan Township as it bypasses Altoona to the east, with access from Exits 31, 32, and 33.

The township includes the unincorporated communities of Wopsononock, Juniata Gap, East Altoona, Greenwood, Red Hill, Newburg, Mill Run, Eldorado, and Lakemont.

Horseshoe Curve is located in the southwestern part of the township where the Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line climbs the Allegheny Front, a major escarpment at the edge of the Allegheny Mountains of central Pennsylvania.