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Atwood Pennsylvania Map

Explore Atwood, 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 Atwood, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Atwood, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.751483
Longitude	-79.252111
Population	112
Density	20.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	16249, 15732
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Kittanning
School District	Armstrong School District

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About Atwood, Pennsylvania

Atwood is a locality in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 112. The population density is 20.7 people per km². Atwood is located at 40.7515°N, 79.2521°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Atwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 16249, 15732.

Atwood occupies a quiet crease in the landscape of the Allegheny Plateau, where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells of heavy soil and dense woodland. It lies 11.0 miles north-northwest of Indiana, PA (from Indiana, PA: bearing 327°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north of Armstrong Township. North Branch Plum Creek carves a shallow, persistent path through the local topography, its waters cool and dark against the limestone bedrock that underpins the region. In the distance, the faint, bruised silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains catch the waning light, their jagged profiles grounding the horizon in a permanent, stoic gray. The air here holds a crisp, earthen weight, often thick with the scent of pine needles and damp loam as the sun retreats behind the canopy. Residents often find their way toward the Sagamore Playground, a modest patch of green where the silence of the woods is broken only by the sharp, rhythmic calls of black-capped chickadees.

Atwood remains defined by a legacy of agrarian labor and the slow, steady extraction of resources that once propelled the regional economy. The patterns of the past linger in the weathered siding of old barns and the narrow, winding roads that follow the contours of the creek beds rather than the convenience of a grid. While the industrial fervor of the larger river valleys to the west has faded into memory, the life here persists with a deliberate, measured pace, revolving around the seasonal cycles of the fields and the maintenance of homesteads. Life in Atwood requires a certain patience, an acceptance of the long winters and the muddy transitions of spring, yet there is a distinct dignity in the way the morning mist clings to the valley floor. Even in the stillness of a weekday afternoon, the community retains a character forged by isolation and the enduring, unyielding texture of the Pennsylvania soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sagamore Playground (Local Recreation) — 2.1 mi, 028° NE
West Shamokin High School (Recreation Easement) — 3.0 mi, 343° N
Numine Playground (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 329° NW
Shannock Valley High School (Recreation Easement) — 4.8 mi, 315° NW
Blue Spruce Park (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 136° SE
Blue Spruce County Park Expansion (Local Recreation) — 5.9 mi, 136° SE
Blanket Hill (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 276° W
Mahoning Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 9.1 mi, 012° N
Indiana County War Memorial (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 150° SE
Jimmy Stewart Statue (Public Artwork) — 10.2 mi, 150° SE
Waller Hall (Theatre) — 10.4 mi, 152° SE
Fisher Auditorium (Theatre) — 10.4 mi, 152° SE
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 152° SE
IUP Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 152° SE
MovieScoop Indiana Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 10.5 mi, 160° S
IUP Arch (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 151° SE
Crooked Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 10.7 mi, 222° SW
Yellow Creek State Park (State Park) — 14.6 mi, 138° SE
Community park (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 208° SW
Jackson Theater (Cinema) — 19.9 mi, 048° NE
Roundhouse (Historic Ruins) — 21.0 mi, 050° NE
Traister Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 22.2 mi, 325° NW
Cornplanter's Defeat (Registered Battlefield) — 24.4 mi, 309° NW
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 26.4 mi, 152° SE
Cooper Hall (Saxonburg Museum) (Museum) — 29.1 mi, 270° W
Saxonburg Museum (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 270° W
Large Scale Systems Museum (LSSM) (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 245° SW
Clarion, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.4 mi, 343° N · 12k acres
Reynoldsville Historical Society (Museum) — 30.4 mi, 039° NE
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 41.6 mi, 010° N · 514k acres

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