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Acosta Pennsylvania Map

Explore Acosta, Pennsylvania, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Acosta, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Acosta, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Acosta, Pennsylvania. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Pennsylvania or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Acosta.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Acosta
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Somerset County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.110354
Longitude	-79.068917
Population	301
Density	346.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	15520
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Somerset
School District	North Star School District

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About Acosta, Pennsylvania

Acosta is a locality in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 301. The population density is 346.1 people per km². Acosta is located at 40.1104°N, 79.0689°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15520.

Acosta reveals itself through the steady, persistent movement of the Quemahoning Creek, which carves a narrow path through the landscape as it flows toward the horizon. It lies 16.8 miles south-southwest of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 207°T), and is situated 7.1 miles north of Somerset. The earth here is defined by a deep, quiet density of woodland, where the heavy canopy of Forbes State Forest looms only six miles away, casting long, cool shadows across the fields. To the west, the Allegheny Mountains rise as a jagged, atmospheric line against the sky, grounding the view in a permanent, ancient scale. The air carries a crispness that suggests the elevation of the plateau, and when the light shifts at dusk, the surrounding acreage takes on a muted, slate-gray quality that seems to settle into the very texture of the soil.

Acosta maintains a character forged by the persistence of those who worked the land and the seams beneath it, keeping a steady pace that ignores the frantic speed of the modern world. Residents often look toward the Somerset Historical Center Park for a sense of their own roots, finding a quiet connection to the agricultural and frontier legacies that shaped this region. While the economy has evolved from its early industrial foundations, the rhythm of daily life remains tethered to the natural surroundings, whether it is a morning walk along the Spruce Run Trail or a quiet afternoon spent near the stillness of Rose Bud Lake. The people here understand that their lives are measured by the turning of the seasons and the slow, reliable progress of the water, creating an environment where the past is not a museum piece but a living, breathing part of the present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Monument for Life (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 202° S
Quecreek Mine Accident And Rescue (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 202° S
Jennerstown Borough Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 359° N
Boswell Borough Tot Lot (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 031° NE
Forbes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 315° NW
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 4.9 mi, 323° NW
Beam Rocks (Viewpoint) — 4.9 mi, 288° W
Quemahoning Reservoir (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 051° NE
Quemahoning Family Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 051° NE
Laurel Mountain State Park (State Park) — 5.4 mi, 310° NW
State Game Land 042 (State Resource Management Area) — 6.2 mi, 000° N
Birdhouse (Public Artwork) — 7.1 mi, 184° S
Penguin Court & Thomas Road Farm (Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 315° NW
United 93 Impact Site (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 115° SE
Powdermill Nature Reserve (Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 288° W
Flight 93 National Memorial Entrance (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 102° E
Powder Mill Nature Reserve (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 288° W
Roaring Run Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 255° W
Mt. Hope School (Historic Ruins) — 12.1 mi, 252° W
Roxbury Bandshell (Theatre) — 14.9 mi, 031° NE
Treehouse (O the Owl, Katerina) (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 313° NW
Museum-Go_Round (Miss Elaina) (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 313° NW
Clock Factory (Dad Tiger) (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 313° NW
Jack Be Nimble (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 314° NW
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 049° NE
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 028° NE
Fort Dewart (Historic Castle / Fort) — 16.7 mi, 105° E
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 16.8 mi, 072° E
Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 025° NE
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 17.6 mi, 025° NE

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