Birmingham Pennsylvania Map
Explore Birmingham, 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 Birmingham, Pennsylvania
How to Use This Birmingham, Pennsylvania Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Birmingham, 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 Birmingham.
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 | Birmingham |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Huntingdon County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.647842 |
| Longitude | -78.195289 |
| Population | 89 |
| Density | 545.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 16686 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Huntingdon |
| School District | Tyrone Area School District |
About Birmingham, Pennsylvania
Birmingham is a locality in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 89. The population density is 545.4 people per km². Birmingham is located at 40.6478°N, 78.1953°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Birmingham is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16686.Birmingham reveals itself through the steady, rhythmic pulse of the Little Juniata River, which carves a path through the limestone-heavy earth. It lies 13.8 miles northeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 49°T), and is situated 2.8 miles southeast of Tyrone. The land surrounding Birmingham rises in disciplined swells, caught between the quiet shadows of Honest Hollow and the rugged, distant presence of the Allegheny Mountains looming on the western horizon. State Game Land 131 provides a vast, unmanicured backdrop where the thin, crisp air of the plateau settles heavily into the ravines at dusk, turning the foliage into a bruised violet. Sunlight here has a way of lingering against the exposed rock faces, reflecting a pale, sedimentary warmth that defines the local atmosphere as the day wanes into a cool, blue stillness.
Industry once tethered Birmingham to the movement of raw materials and the relentless utility of the railway, leaving behind an architectural landscape of sturdy, utilitarian brick and weathered timber. While the clamor of former production has faded, the economic character of Birmingham remains tied to the deliberate pace of the interior, favoring the steady maintenance of land and the quiet endurance of its sparse inhabitants. Residents find their solitude in the nearby woods or along the paths toward Tyrone Reservoir Number One, maintaining a connection to the terrain that feels entirely detached from the frantic energy of larger urban centers. The spirit of the place is found in this isolation, a persistent silence that remains undisturbed by the modern world, anchored firmly in the slow, deliberate work of the seasons.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- State Game Land 131 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.1 mi, 034° NE
- Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 301° NW
- State Game Land 278 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 337° NW
- Shea Field (Local Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 315° NW
- Reservoir Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 306° NW
- Old Spruce Creek Station (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 131° SE
- Grace Nature Trail (Nature Reserve) — 3.8 mi, 334° NW
- Little Juniata Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 124° SE
- Spruce Creek Vista (Viewpoint) — 4.4 mi, 120° SE
- Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 133° SE
- Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 132° SE
- The Lower Trail (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 146° SE
- Old In-town Altoona airstrip (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 238° SW
- Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 10.9 mi, 200° S
- Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 146° SE
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About This Birmingham Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Birmingham, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.647842, -78.195289. 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 Birmingham includes the ZIP code (16686), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Huntingdon County (Huntingdon), and school district assignment (Tyrone Area School District).
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. |
