Baileyville Pennsylvania Map

About Baileyville, Pennsylvania

Baileyville is a locality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 217. The population density is 67.4 people per km². Baileyville is located at 40.7121°N, 77.9961°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16865.

Baileyville emerges from the low, shadowed creases of the landscape, where the water of Spruce Creek carves a persistent path through the limestone-heavy earth. It lies 8.8 miles southwest of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 228°T), and is situated 7.7 miles south-southwest of Park Forest Village. The air here carries a distinct, cool weight, sharpened by the proximity of Rothrock State Forest, which pulls the damp breath of the woods into the backyards of the residents. Beyond the immediate canopy, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains anchor the horizon, providing a permanent, muted backdrop to the daily cycle of light. Five miles to the west, the quiet surface of Beaver Pond offers a still, dark mirror to the sky, while the nearby Pennsylvania State University Experimental Forest dictates the rhythm of the seasons through the gradual shifting of leaf color and the slow, deliberate growth of timber.

Baileyville maintains a modest, steady existence, defined by the quiet industry of those who work the land and the nearby basins like Diamond Valley. The local character is shaped by a history of resourcefulness, where the patterns of trade have long followed the contours of the terrain rather than the frantic pace of the larger metropolitan centers. People traverse the Indian Steps Trail with a sense of familiarity that suggests a deep, generational connection to the topography, treating the ground not as a curiosity but as a practical companion to their labor. Life in Baileyville proceeds with a quiet, unforced gravity, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the forest and the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding interior plains.

About This Baileyville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Baileyville, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.712061, -77.996059. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Baileyville includes the ZIP code (16865), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Centre County (Bellefonte), and school district assignment (State College Area School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.