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Bethel Pennsylvania Map

Explore Bethel, 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 Bethel, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Bethel, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.476483
Longitude	-76.28797
Population	460
Density	176.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	18616, 15102, 18431, 19507
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Laporte
School District	Tulpehocken Area School District

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About Bethel, Pennsylvania

Bethel is a locality in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 460. The population density is 176.7 people per km². Bethel is located at 40.4765°N, 76.2880°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 18616, 15102, 18431.

Bethel occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic movement of Mill Creek as it carves through the earth toward the horizon. It lies 29.7 miles northeast of Williamsport, PA (from Williamsport, PA: bearing 43°T), and is situated 18.7 miles southwest of Wysox. The terrain surrounding Bethel unfolds in a series of deliberate, muscular ridges, where the soil holds the cool, damp weight of the nearby Loyalsock State Forest. Only a mile away, the quiet basin of Burgess Pond reflects the shifting gray of the sky, its surface often undisturbed by the passage of the day. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a permanent, silent boundary, while the nearby State Game Land 036 offers a sprawling expanse of untamed thicket and timber that dictates the local pace of the seasons.

Bethel carries the understated gravity of a place where the economy has long been tethered to the land and the steady labor of the interior. The echoes of the region’s past remain visible in the way the local architecture keeps its back to the wind, favoring solid, functional forms that endure the harshness of winter. Residents often find their way toward Pleasant Valley, a corridor of fertile, low-lying ground that has sustained small-scale cultivation for generations, or they seek the sudden, sharp rush of water at Lincoln Falls to mark the passage of a summer afternoon. Even the modern rhythm of life in Bethel seems to follow the old, measured cadence of the High Rock Spur, where the trail winds through the undergrowth with a quiet, purposeful intent that ignores the frantic speed of the world beyond these hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Berks County Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 285° W
Kanati Elite Taxidermy (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 1.8 mi, 210° SW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 2.0 mi, 015° N · 110k acres
State Game Land 080 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 353° N
Weiser State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 016° N
William F. Shanaman Monument (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 332° NW
Rehrersburg Lions Club (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 121° SE
Kimmel Lookout (Viewpoint) — 3.8 mi, 309° NW
Schuylkill (Private Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 032° NE
ATC Property (Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 032° NE
Fort Snyder Monument (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 042° NE
Sgl 110 (State Recreation Area) — 5.4 mi, 046° NE
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 7.2 mi, 316° NW
Blue Marsh Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 7.5 mi, 122° SE
Swatara State Park (State Park) — 8.4 mi, 297° NW
Santa Claus (Public Artwork) — 8.6 mi, 118° SE
Wishing Well (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 117° SE
Sgl 280 (State Recreation Area) — 10.2 mi, 110° E
Light's Fort (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 221° SW
Walk-in Art Center (Arts Centre) — 12.0 mi, 031° NE
Chestnut Street Log House (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 218° SW
Schaeffer Farm (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 183° S
Union Canal Tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 12.7 mi, 226° SW
Auburn Desilting Basin monument (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 043° NE
Texter Mountain Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.6 mi, 148° SE
Conservation Heritage Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 172° S
Anthracite Philharmonic (Arts Centre) — 14.6 mi, 017° N
Minersville Area Historical Society (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 005° N
Cornwall Hall & Stable (Historic Ruins) — 15.2 mi, 206° SW
Majestic Theater (Theatre) — 15.3 mi, 018° N

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