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Central City Pennsylvania Map

Explore Central City, 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 Central City, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Central City, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Central City
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Somerset County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.109617
Longitude	-78.804318
Population	998
Density	713.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	16823, 15926
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Somerset
School District	Shade-Central City School District

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About Central City, Pennsylvania

Central City is a locality in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 998. The population density is 713.6 people per km². Central City is located at 40.1096°N, 78.8043°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Central City is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 16823, 15926.

Central City occupies a high-altitude plateau where the air holds a persistent, crisp clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the world. It lies 16.2 miles south-southeast of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 157°T), and is situated 9.1 miles south of Windber. Dark Shade Creek winds through the immediate landscape, its waters carving a quiet path through the earth and providing a constant, low-frequency hum against the silence of the surrounding woodlands. Three miles away, the surface of Windber Reservoir catches the late afternoon light, mirroring the expansive sky while the distant silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains frames the horizon in muted shades of violet and slate. Within the boundaries of Central City, the land feels deliberate and sturdy, defined by the proximity of the Gallitzin State Forest, which stretches its deep green canopy toward the edges of the horizon. In the quiet hours of dusk, the light here pulls long, thin shadows across the ground, revealing the subtle, uneven texture of a terrain that has been shaped by the slow, relentless work of wind and water.

Central City emerged from the bedrock of an industrial era, its history deeply rooted in the extraction of coal that once powered the furnaces of the region. The economic pulse of the locality has since quieted, shifting away from the heavy demands of the mines toward a more modest, measured pace of life. Residents gather at the Central City Recreation Park, a space that serves as a communal anchor where the echoes of the past are felt in the sturdy, weathered architecture of the surrounding streets. For those who seek the outdoors, the Old '56' Trail offers a route through the memory of the landscape, tracing paths that once linked the scattered outposts of the region. Life in Central City moves with the rhythm of the seasons, characterized by a stoic endurance and a quiet pride that persists long after the smoke of the coal fires has cleared from the valleys.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Central City Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 280° W
Shade Township Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 354° N
State Game Land 228 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.0 mi, 162° S
State Game Land 093 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.5 mi, 252° W
Allegheny Front Hawk Watch (Viewpoint) — 4.5 mi, 116° SE
Flight 93 National Memorial Entrance (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 246° SW
Tower of Voices (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 242° SW
Fort Dewart (Historic Castle / Fort) — 4.8 mi, 153° SE
Somerset County Conservancy Property (Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 241° SW
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 5.5 mi, 023° NE
United 93 Impact Site (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 233° SW
Quemahoning Reservoir (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 287° W
Quemahoning Family Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 8.4 mi, 307° NW
Shawnee State Park (State Park) — 9.1 mi, 130° SE
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 352° N
Salix Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 009° N
Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 13.8 mi, 042° NE
Roxbury Bandshell (Theatre) — 14.3 mi, 334° NW
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 008° N
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 15.9 mi, 008° N
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 16.0 mi, 337° NW
Birdhouse (Public Artwork) — 16.1 mi, 244° SW
Serafina Art Studio (Gallery) — 17.0 mi, 111° E
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 17.2 mi, 338° N
Bedford Speedway Museum of Speed (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 111° E
Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 338° N
Lime kiln (Historic Ruins) — 18.4 mi, 107° E
Martin Hill Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 21.7 mi, 145° SE
Mt. Hope School (Historic Ruins) — 25.8 mi, 262° W
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 68.7 mi, 168° S · 1.1M acres

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