Explore Beccaria, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Beccaria, 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 Beccaria.
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 | Beccaria |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Clearfield County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.770061 |
| Longitude | -78.448076 |
| Population | 1,200 |
| Density | 12.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 16616, 16617 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Clearfield |
Beccaria emerges from the rugged topography of the Allegheny Plateau where the Muddy Run carves a persistent, narrow path through the earth. It lies 17.6 miles north of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 351°T), and is situated 17.8 miles south of Clearfield. The air here carries a sharp, metallic clarity, often cooling rapidly as sunlight retreats behind the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains. To the east, the terrain descends into the quiet depths of Dotts Hollow, where shadows lengthen early and the silence of the woodland feels heavy and ancient. The immediate landscape is defined by the dense, unyielding greenery of State Game Land 060, a sprawling expanse that dictates the rhythm of the seasons and keeps the encroaching wild close to the edges of every backyard and porch.
Beccaria maintains a character forged in the legacy of extraction and the slow, deliberate transition of a post-industrial economy. The remnants of coal-related heritage linger in the topography of the soil and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that defines the local streetscape. While the pace of daily life is measured by the changing colors of the hardwoods rather than the urgency of commerce, residents often travel the few miles to find the expansive, reflective stillness of Glendale Lake. The local identity remains anchored to this interior geography, where the persistence of the stream and the vastness of the protected forests offer a grounded sense of place that exists far from the frantic noise of the coastal world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Beccaria, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.770061, -78.448076. 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 Beccaria includes the ZIP code (16616, 16617), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Clearfield County (Clearfield), 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |