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Big Run Pennsylvania Map

Explore Big Run, 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 Big Run, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Big Run, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Big Run
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Dauphin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.970657
Longitude	-78.877426
Population	647
Density	361.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	16841, 17048, 15715
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Harrisburg
School District	Punxsutawney Area School District

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About Big Run, Pennsylvania

Big Run is a locality in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 647. The population density is 361.5 people per km². Big Run is located at 40.9707°N, 78.8774°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Big Run is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 16841, 17048, 15715.

Big Run defines the character of its landscape through the persistent, rhythmic flow of the watercourse that shares its name, carving a path through the dense, deciduous canopy of the surrounding terrain. It lies 14.2 miles north of West Hanover, PA (from West Hanover, PA: bearing 0°T), and is situated 18.2 miles north of Lower Paxton. The air here holds a crisp, earthen weight, particularly in the mornings when the mist clings to the low-lying sections of State Game Land 264, which borders the settlement and provides an unbroken stretch of wild, unmanicured woodland. Beyond the immediate tree line, the horizon is punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains, while the terrain closer at hand is characterized by the shadowed creases of Deep Hollow. Three miles away, the quiet surface of Wolf Pond remains a mirror for the changing seasons, its stillness contrasting with the active, bubbling course of the nearby creek.

Big Run grew from the necessity of the land, shaped by a history of extraction and timber that once dictated the pace of the local economy. Though the industrial clamor has softened into a more deliberate, quiet endurance, the remnants of those foundational years remain in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that lines the streets. Residents often traverse the local terrain via the Matter Trail, a path that offers a clear vantage point for observing how the forest of Haldeman State Forest gradually encroaches upon the clearings of the valley. Life in Big Run moves in accordance with the turning of the woods and the seasonal shifts in the light, which filters through the leaves to cast long, gold-flecked shadows across the porches and lanes as evening approaches.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Big Run Community Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 119° SE
State Game Land 195 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 117° SE
Roundhouse (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 242° SW
Mahoning Shadow Trail (Local Recreation) — 3.8 mi, 185° S
State Game Land 087 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.8 mi, 091° E
Punxsutawney Borough Recreational Area (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 251° W
Mailman Phol (Public Artwork) — 4.8 mi, 248° W
U.S. Military Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 236° SW
Barclay Square (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 249° W
Jackson Theater (Cinema) — 5.2 mi, 250° W
Coalmine Cart (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 027° NE
Reynlow Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 358° N
Reynoldsville Historical Society (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 357° N
Mahoning Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 11.3 mi, 251° W
DuBois Area Historical Society (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 030° NE
Paul G. Reitz Theater (Theatre) — 11.9 mi, 031° NE
Winkler's Gallery of Fine Art (Gallery) — 11.9 mi, 031° NE
"the Rocks" Swimming Hole (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 018° N
Bridge Abutment (Historic Ruins) — 15.4 mi, 091° E
Mill Creek, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 20.5 mi, 321° NW · 6,529 acres
The Liddle Gallery (Gallery) — 23.1 mi, 081° E
Ritz Theater (Cinema) — 23.1 mi, 081° E
John Lennon Point Vista (Viewpoint) — 23.4 mi, 005° N
Coalport Area Coal Museum (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 130° SE
Prince Gallitzin State Park (State Park) — 24.7 mi, 142° SE
Clarion, Pennsylvania Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 27.2 mi, 005° N · 16k acres
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 27.5 mi, 006° N · 514k acres
IUP Arch (Attraction) — 28.3 mi, 211° SW
Waller Hall (Theatre) — 28.5 mi, 211° SW
Quehanna Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 35.0 mi, 060° NE

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