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Alverda Pennsylvania Map

Explore Alverda, 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 Alverda, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Alverda, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alverda, 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 Alverda.

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	Alverda
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Indiana County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.630345
Longitude	-78.856972
Population	279
Density	131.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	15710, 15714
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Indiana
School District	Penns Manor Area School District

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About Alverda, Pennsylvania

Alverda is a locality in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 279. The population density is 131.5 people per km². Alverda is located at 40.6303°N, 78.8570°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 15710, 15714.

Alverda reveals itself through the steady, insistent murmur of Dutch Run as it carves a path through the quiet earth of the Allegheny Plateau. It lies 15.5 miles east of Indiana, PA (from Indiana, PA: bearing 88°T), and is situated 4.4 miles west-southwest of Northern Cambria. The landscape here is defined by a slow, deliberate relief, where the ground rises and falls in long, muscular swells that suggest the deep, geological patience of the Allegheny Mountains visible as a faint, ink-colored serration on the distant horizon. Light in the late afternoon possesses a peculiar, amber weight, catching the edges of the hardwoods and illuminating the dust that hangs suspended over the Alverta Community Park. This park serves as the quiet anchor of the local geography, a modest stretch of green where the air feels scrubbed clean by the proximity to the interior woodlands and the nearby Browns Run Reservoir.

Economic life in Alverda remains tethered to the enduring legacy of the coal industry, a history etched into the very posture of the local architecture and the weathered faces of the older storefronts. While the frantic pace of the extraction era has long since subsided, the influence of that labor remains present in the sturdy, utilitarian brickwork and the faded, industrial echoes that linger in the stillness of the morning. Beyond the modest cluster of homes, the memory of the mines and the deep, silent work of the earth provide a backdrop for a life defined by seasonal shifts rather than the restless churn of larger hubs. Life in Alverda moves with the gravity of a place that understands its own boundaries, content to exist in the quiet shadow of Driscoll Hollow, where the land keeps its own counsel and the days pass with the predictable, rhythmic grace of water moving over stone.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Alverta Community Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 356° N
State Game Land 079 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 153° SE
State Game Land 185 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 358° N
Duman Lake Park (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 160° S
Spangler Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 4.1 mi, 074° E
Barnesboro Athletic Field (Local Recreation) — 4.4 mi, 054° NE
Yellow Creek State Park (State Park) — 8.2 mi, 245° SW
Mine Entrance Memorial (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 196° S
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 11.4 mi, 140° SE
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 145° SE
Bendel-Davis-Curtis home (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 146° SE
War Memorial (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 145° SE
Prince Gallitzin State Park (State Park) — 14.2 mi, 085° E
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 126° SE
IUP Arch (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 267° W
Jimmy Stewart Statue (Public Artwork) — 15.6 mi, 268° W
Waller Hall (Theatre) — 15.9 mi, 267° W
Fisher Auditorium (Theatre) — 15.9 mi, 267° W
MovieScoop Indiana Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 17.3 mi, 265° W
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 129° SE
Coalport Area Coal Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 064° NE
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 122° SE
Cassandra Railroad Overlook (Viewpoint) — 19.3 mi, 143° SE
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 20.4 mi, 190° S
Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 191° S
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 20.8 mi, 166° S
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 29.5 mi, 167° S
Mill Creek, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 41.8 mi, 340° N · 6,529 acres
Quehanna Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 49.5 mi, 037° NE
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 50.9 mi, 002° N · 514k acres

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