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Boalsburg Pennsylvania Map

Explore Boalsburg, 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 Boalsburg, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Boalsburg, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.777966
Longitude	-77.774364
Population	4,577
Density	305.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16827
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Bellefonte
School District	State College Area School District

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About Boalsburg, Pennsylvania

Boalsburg is a locality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,577. The population density is 305.2 people per km². Boalsburg is located at 40.7780°N, 77.7744°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16827.

Boalsburg emerges from the convergence of limestone earth and the persistent, silver-threaded currents of Spring Creek, which flows with a quiet clarity through the low-lying fields. It lies 3.7 miles east-southeast of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 109°T), and is situated 6.9 miles east-southeast of Park Forest Village. The air here holds the cool, damp weight of the nearby Rothrock State Forest, where the canopy thickens into a deep, emerald silence that presses against the edges of the valley. To the east, the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Appalachian Mountains rise like a serrated spine against the horizon, anchoring a landscape defined by the expansive, open vistas of Penns Valley. Light at dusk settles over the fields in long, honey-colored bars, turning the tall grasses of the meadows into a shivering bronze that seems to hold the day’s warmth long after the sun has slipped behind the ridge.

Boalsburg carries the weight of a long-standing memory, serving as a quiet witness to the shifting tides of American history through the presence of the Pennsylvania Military Museum. The local economy persists with a steady, measured pulse, drawing strength from the proximity of academic life and the lingering traditions of agrarian labor that once defined these fertile plains. Residents often traverse the Kettle Trail, following paths that wind through the woods, while the calm, still surface of the Rockview Reservoir reflects the changing seasons with a mirror-like precision. Life here maintains a deliberate pace, moving in harmony with the seasonal turning of the woods and the quiet, enduring gravity of a place that values its own continuity above the frantic speed of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pennsylvania Military Museum (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 272° W
James V. Dearing (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 272° W
Honors to the Fallen (Public Artwork) — 1.0 mi, 272° W
Rothrock State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 183° S
Lieutenant Colonel James A. Shannon Memorial (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 281° W
112th Infantry Memorial (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 281° W
Oak Hall Tract Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 312° NW
Oak Hall Regional Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 312° NW
M60A3 Tank (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 283° W
M114A2 Towed 155mm Howitzer (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 281° W
4.5" Howitzer (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 280° W
M114A2 155mm Howitzer (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 277° W
Stan Yoder Memorial Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 263° W
Fieldstone Park (Local Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 291° W
Stony Batter Nature Park (Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 345° N
Thickhead Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 2.1 mi, 170° S
Rothrock State Forest - Thickhead Wild Area (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 170° S
Little Flat Overlook (Viewpoint) — 2.1 mi, 343° N
Bear Meadows Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 163° S
Art Alliance (Arts Centre) — 3.2 mi, 314° NW
Big Flat Laurel Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 189° S
Pilato Studios (Gallery) — 4.5 mi, 287° W
3 Dots (Gallery) — 4.6 mi, 284° W
Douglas Albert Gallery (Gallery) — 4.6 mi, 285° W
Penn State Downtown Theatre Center (Theatre) — 4.6 mi, 283° W
State Theatre (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 283° W
The Center for Arts & Crafts at Penn State (Arts Centre) — 4.8 mi, 288° W
Penn State All-Sports Museum (Museum) — 4.8 mi, 298° NW
Pennsylvania Agricultural College (PAC) Herbarium (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 287° W
Penn Roosevelt State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 132° SE

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