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Baumstown Pennsylvania Map

Explore Baumstown, 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 Baumstown, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Baumstown, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.280371
Longitude	-75.804919
Population	346
Density	133.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	19508
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Reading
School District	Exeter Township School District

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About Baumstown, Pennsylvania

Baumstown is a locality in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 346. The population density is 133.6 people per km². Baumstown is located at 40.2804°N, 75.8049°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 19508.

Baumstown occupies a quiet expanse of land where the flat, fertile earth of the region meets the shifting light of the Pennsylvania sky. It lies 7.5 miles east-southeast of Reading, PA (from Reading, PA: bearing 121°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west-northwest of Pottstown. The landscape is defined by a low, steady horizon that keeps the focus on the immediate texture of the soil and the encroaching shadows of late afternoon. Molasses Creek moves with a deliberate, sluggish patience only a mile away, its banks thick with seasonal brush that changes from a vibrant, humid green to a brittle, muted brown as the year turns. While the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains remain ninety miles away, the immediate surroundings feel intimate and grounded, marked by the expansive, open character of the nearby Oley Valley, which invites a vast, unobstructed clarity of vision across the fields.

Baumstown persists as a place where the remnants of agricultural industry inform the current pace of existence, blending historical patterns of land use with a modern, quiet endurance. The local economy and daily life move in sync with the seasons, far removed from the clamor of larger urban centers, with recreation often centered at Optimist Field where the local community maintains a connection to the open air. Residents may traverse the Six Penny Trail to experience the deeper woods, finding a solitude that feels distinct from the busier, more developed corridors of the state. Even in the stillness of a gray, overcast day, there is a perceptible weight to the history of the region, an unspoken acknowledgment of the labor that once shaped these acres and continues to define how Baumstown organizes its own small, deliberate future.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Daniel Boone Homestead (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 039° NE
Optimist Field (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 170° S
Berks County Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 178° S
Schuylkill River Greenways Property (Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 167° S
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 174° S
Union Twp. Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 145° SE
Monocacy Hill (Local Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 090° E
Yelenoc Acquisition (previously was Sheeder) (Local Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 160° S
French Creek State Park (State Park) — 2.3 mi, 160° S
William Penn State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 265° W
Graffitti Tree (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 173° S
Ephraim Malickson Wildlife Sanctuary (Tekene 2) (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 225° SW
Spring House (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 174° S
Hay Creek Watershed Property Acquisition (Waterfowl Production Area) — 4.0 mi, 200° S
Berks Nature - Ephraim Malickson Wildlife Sanctuary (Tekene 2) (Nature Reserve) — 4.2 mi, 226° SW
Exeter Eagle (Public Artwork) — 4.4 mi, 309° NW
American Museum of Veterinary Medicine (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 283° W
Trestle Bridge ruins (Historic Ruins) — 5.2 mi, 298° NW
James Overstreet Open Space Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 5.7 mi, 079° E
Peace Rock (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 309° NW
Mckinley Monument (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 303° NW
Frederick Lauer Monument (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 303° NW
Reading Science Center (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 301° NW
Hank St Peters (a photogenic wild turkey) (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 128° SE
Rock Outcrop (Viewpoint) — 7.7 mi, 270° W
Wachovia Theatre (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 315° NW
Freedman Gallery (Gallery) — 7.9 mi, 315° NW
Anno Artem (Gallery) — 8.4 mi, 107° E
Norco Fairgrounds (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 113° SE
Marsh Creek State Park (State Park) — 13.5 mi, 163° S

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