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Bowmansville Pennsylvania Map

Explore Bowmansville, 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 Bowmansville, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Bowmansville, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.196761
Longitude	-76.017442
Population	2,989
Density	540.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	17517, 17507, 17555
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Lancaster
School District	Eastern Lancaster County School District

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About Bowmansville, Pennsylvania

Bowmansville is a locality in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,989. The population density is 540.8 people per km². Bowmansville is located at 40.1968°N, 76.0174°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17517, 17507, 17555.

Bowmansville unfolds across a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic curve of the Muddy Creek, which carves a path through the quiet earth just outside the village center. It lies 8.6 miles east of Ephrata, PA (from Ephrata, PA: bearing 82°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-southwest of Wyomissing. The land here holds the stillness of the interior, situated sixty-four miles from any coastline, where the horizon remains anchored by the solid, earthy presence of open fields and woodland rather than the reach of the distant Appalachian Mountains. At the center of this terrain, Bowmansville Memorial Field offers a level expanse of green that serves as the primary gathering point for the local rhythm of life. The light at dusk settles heavy and gold over the nearby topography, casting long, deliberate shadows across the fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the tree line.

History in Bowmansville lingers in the sturdy architecture of older structures that reflect a heritage of craftsmanship and agrarian persistence. The local economy has evolved from its early reliance on the fertile soil and the steady flow of the Muddy Creek, transitioning into a quiet intersection of small-scale commerce and residential stability. Residents often look toward the nearby Sleepy Hollow for a sense of depth in the landscape, or travel further afield to find the Wyomissing Creek Trail for a connection to the wider regional geography. Whether it is the seasonal maintenance of the grounds at Bowmansville Memorial Field or the quiet movement of traffic toward the Camp Adahi Swimming Pool for summer relief, the pace remains measured and unhurried. Life here is marked by the simple, enduring texture of a place that understands its own boundaries and finds satisfaction in the slow, seasonal pulse of the Pennsylvania interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bowmansville Memorial Field (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 082° E
Mallard Corner Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 332° NW
Brubaker Property Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 234° SW
State Game Land 052 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 116° SE
Valley View (Viewpoint) — 3.7 mi, 035° NE
Sgl 052 (State Recreation Area) — 4.4 mi, 091° E
State Game Land 274 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.8 mi, 331° NW
Cornfields (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 227° SW
Green Hills Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 053° NE
New Holland Water Authority Acquisition Phase 2 (Local Recreation) — 7.0 mi, 177° S
Edgar Beck Memorial (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 205° SW
Groff Memorial (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 211° SW
New Holland Area Historical Society (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 210° SW
Bradys Village Art Gallery (Gallery) — 7.5 mi, 112° E
Sherk Bench (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 015° N
Berks Nature - Ephraim Malickson Wildlife Sanctuary (Tekene 2) (Nature Reserve) — 8.6 mi, 071° E
Winters Leadership Memorial (Public Artwork) — 8.7 mi, 261° W
Building wall (Historic Ruins) — 9.0 mi, 041° NE
American Museum of Veterinary Medicine (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 043° NE
French Creek State Park (State Park) — 9.7 mi, 093° E
Old Power Station (Historic Ruins) — 10.1 mi, 039° NE
Texter Mountain Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.5 mi, 318° NW
Reading Science Center (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 027° NE
Peace Rock (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 030° NE
Mascot Roller Mills (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 219° SW
Graffitti Tree (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 079° E
Ressler Family Home (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 219° SW
Sgl 280 (State Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 349° N
Marsh Creek State Park (State Park) — 16.3 mi, 119° SE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 26.1 mi, 360° N · 110k acres

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