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Burnside Pennsylvania Map

Explore Burnside, 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 Burnside, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Burnside, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.812405
Longitude	-78.798048
Population	188
Density	43.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	17866, 15721
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Sunbury
School District	Purchase Line School District

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About Burnside, Pennsylvania

Burnside is a locality in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 188. The population density is 43.2 people per km². Burnside is located at 40.8124°N, 78.7980°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Burnside is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 17866, 15721.

Burnside sits firmly within the rugged, undulating terrain of the Allegheny Plateau, where the earth is marked by deep cuts and sharp, stony ridges. It lies 17.2 miles south-southwest of Bloomsburg, PA (from Bloomsburg, PA: bearing 198°T), and is situated 1.6 miles south of Shamokin. Carbon Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the landscape just a mile away, its waters reflecting the muted, slate-gray light that often gathers in Bear Valley. The air here holds the damp, mineral scent of exposed shale, a constant reminder of the geological weight that presses down upon the ground. On the furthest horizon, the faint, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains remind any traveler of the vast, folded wilderness that stretches toward the distant east. While the terrain is fractured and steep, the quiet stillness of the woods, particularly toward the sprawling acreage of the Northumberland County Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area, offers a stark, unadorned beauty that changes with every shift in the clouds.

Burnside retains the stubborn, utilitarian character of a place forged by the extraction of carbon from the deep seams beneath the soil. The local economy, once dictated by the rhythms of the mines, has shifted toward a more deliberate use of the land, as seen in the transformation of industrial scars into the vast, open expanses of the Northumberland County Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the persistent, rusted remnants of iron and timber that lie half-buried in the brush. Life in Burnside moves with the slow, seasonal pulse of the ridges, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger world. For those seeking the quietude of the interior, the stillness of Number Four Reservoir or the long, measured miles of the James Path offer a way to walk through a landscape that has spent decades slowly reclaiming itself from the heavy industry of the past.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Burnside Township Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 080° E
Glen Campbell Fireman and Community Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 292° W
State Game Land 262 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.6 mi, 281° W
State Game Land 174 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 328° NW
Mahoning Shadow Trail (Local Recreation) — 8.4 mi, 328° NW
U.S. Military Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 315° NW
Roundhouse (Historic Ruins) — 11.8 mi, 321° NW
Mailman Phol (Public Artwork) — 12.5 mi, 317° NW
Barclay Square (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 316° NW
Jackson Theater (Cinema) — 12.9 mi, 316° NW
Prince Gallitzin State Park (State Park) — 14.0 mi, 127° SE
Coalport Area Coal Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 107° E
Bridge Abutment (Historic Ruins) — 15.5 mi, 046° NE
Coalmine Cart (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 355° N
Yellow Creek State Park (State Park) — 19.0 mi, 215° SW
Reynoldsville Historical Society (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 347° N
Paul G. Reitz Theater (Theatre) — 21.2 mi, 005° N
Winkler's Gallery of Fine Art (Gallery) — 21.3 mi, 005° N
DuBois Area Historical Society (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 005° N
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 21.8 mi, 169° S
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 170° S
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 158° S
IUP Arch (Attraction) — 22.9 mi, 234° SW
Waller Hall (Theatre) — 23.2 mi, 235° SW
The Liddle Gallery (Gallery) — 23.7 mi, 052° NE
Mill Creek, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 31.8 mi, 328° NW · 6,529 acres
Quehanna Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 38.0 mi, 045° NE
Clarion, Pennsylvania Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 38.0 mi, 358° N · 16k acres
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 38.3 mi, 358° N · 514k acres

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