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Barto Pennsylvania Map

Explore Barto, 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 Barto, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Barto, Pennsylvania Map

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

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.

CityBarto
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyBerks County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.391208
Longitude-75.610186
Population680
Density35.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code19504
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatReading

About Barto, Pennsylvania

Barto is a locality in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 35.0 people per km². Barto is located at 40.3912°N, 75.6102°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 19504.

Barto occupies a space where the earth settles into quiet, heavy folds of soil and dense, dark woodland. It lies 6.6 miles north-northwest of New Hanover, PA (from New Hanover, PA: bearing 347°T), and is situated 9.7 miles north of Lower Pottsgrove. The West Branch Perkiomen Creek carves a persistent, silver-threaded path through the terrain, its water reflecting the pale, thin light that filters through the canopy of Berks County Park. Beyond these immediate boundaries, the land stretches in long, rhythmic swells toward the horizon, where the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains rise like a serrated spine against the sky. Here, the air holds a particular, iron-tinged coolness, especially when the sun dips low and the shadows stretch long across the fields, suggesting a landscape that has long been accustomed to the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons.

Barto carries the weight of a quiet, industrious past, its history etched into the very grain of the local stone and the legacy of agricultural persistence. The proximity of the Oley Valley colors the local economy with a deep appreciation for the harvest, while the Old Dutchman Trail invites a steady, measured pace for those who traverse the woods. Residents often find respite in the stillness of Walden Pond, a body of water that acts as a mirror for the changing sky, offering a stark, singular clarity that defines the local character. Daily life here moves with the unforced cadence of a place that values the sturdy reliability of the interior, where the modern world feels distant, filtered through the rustle of leaves and the steady, unhurried flow of the creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Berks County Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 200° S
  • World War II Memorial (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 144° SE
  • Washington Township Open Space (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 102° E
  • State Game Land 315 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 350° N
  • Bally Community Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 057° NE
  • Bertoia Studio (Gallery) — 1.5 mi, 059° NE
  • Bechtelsville Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 1.6 mi, 214° SW
  • Colebrookdale Railroad Station (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 199° S
  • Boyertown Area Historical Society (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 199° S
  • Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles Office (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 200° S
  • Schwenkfelder Library Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 082° E
  • Highest point in Montgomery County (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 064° NE
  • Art on Main Studio (Gallery) — 5.8 mi, 081° E
  • Tank Masters (Aquarium) — 6.0 mi, 085° E
  • Pennsburg Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.2 mi, 086° E
  • James Overstreet Open Space Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.1 mi, 216° SW
  • Lock Ridge Furnace Museum (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 006° N
  • Alburtis Lock Ridge Historical Society (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 004° N
  • Isaac Smith World War I and II memorial (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 117° SE
  • Michael Sexton Eagle Scout Project (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 327° NW
  • Campfire Area (Theatre) — 10.0 mi, 101° E
  • SoulJoel's at Sunnybrook (Arts Centre) — 10.0 mi, 180° S
  • Anno Artem (Gallery) — 10.3 mi, 192° S
  • French Creek State Park (State Park) — 13.0 mi, 207° SW
  • Evansburg State Park (State Park) — 16.3 mi, 136° SE
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 24.1 mi, 335° NW · 110k acres
  • Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.2 mi, 023° NE · 11k acres

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About This Barto Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Barto, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.391208, -75.610186. 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 Barto includes the ZIP code (19504), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Berks County (Reading), and school district assignment.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.