Explore Bryn Athyn, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bryn Athyn, 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 Bryn Athyn.
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 | Bryn Athyn |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Montgomery County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.141067 |
| Longitude | -75.067401 |
| Population | 1,272 |
| Density | 254.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 19009 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Norristown |
| School District | Bryn Athyn School District |
Bryn Athyn rises from a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of the Pennypack Creek, which carves a deliberate path through the local topography. It lies 1.5 miles south-southwest of Lower Moreland, PA (from Lower Moreland, PA: bearing 206°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west-northwest of Bensalem. The terrain here shuns the dramatic elevation of the distant Appalachian Mountains, favoring instead a sequence of slopes and meadows that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed. Within the boundaries of Burrow Park, the land retains a sense of seclusion, where the earth feels firm and ancient underfoot. As the light shifts toward dusk, the shadows lengthen across the grass, lending the open spaces a stillness that suggests a slow, measured passage of time rather than the frantic pulse of a modern hub.
Bryn Athyn serves as a singular point of intellectual and spiritual focus, shaped by the distinct architectural ambitions of its founders who sought to manifest their ideals in stone and glass. The economy and daily rhythm of Bryn Athyn remain tethered to these enduring institutions, which draw scholars and visitors to its quiet corridors. While the sprawling industrial centers of the region hum with a different frequency, the life here is marked by a focus on craft, education, and the preservation of a specific heritage. The horizon remains wide and unobscured, a reminder that though the world beyond moves quickly, the character of this place remains anchored in the meticulous work of its past and the steady, contemplative pace of its present.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.141067, -75.067401. 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 Bryn Athyn includes the ZIP code (19009), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Montgomery County (Norristown), and school district assignment (Bryn Athyn 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. |