Explore Dale, 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 Dale, 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 Dale.
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 | Dale |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Berks County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.312108 |
| Longitude | -78.905005 |
| Population | 1,008 |
| Density | 2174.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 19504, 16881, 15902 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Reading |
| School District | Ferndale Area School District |
Dale emerges from the landscape as a collection of sturdy, brick-fronted structures that anchor the rolling expanse of the countryside. It lies 8.4 miles north-northwest of New Hanover, PA (from New Hanover, PA: bearing 348°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north of Upper Pottsgrove. The West Branch Perkiomen Creek carves a persistent path through the low-lying terrain, its waters reflecting the muted, slate-colored skies that frequently blanket the region during the transition between seasons. To the east, the horizon holds the distant, hazy suggestion of the Appalachian Mountains, though the immediate geography is defined by the dense, protected greenery of State Game Land 315. Five miles away, the quiet surface of Walden Pond offers a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic, mechanical pulse of the local thoroughfares. In the soft light of dusk, the air carries a distinct, sharp clarity, cooling rapidly as it settles over the open fields and the shadowed edges of the woodland.
Dale retains the quiet industrial character of its foundational years, when the steady flow of commerce was tied to the labor and ingenuity of the inland working class. The economy here remains tethered to the patterns of the surrounding farmland and the modest brick workshops that have survived the changing tides of regional production. Residents often traverse the Old Dutchman Trail, a path that links the present life of the locality to the enduring topography of the Oley Valley nearby. There is a palpable sense of resilience in the way the architecture resists the softening influence of time, preserving a stark, functional beauty that speaks to the persistence of those who built their lives here. Everyday life in Dale moves with a deliberate, measured pace, guided by the sun’s arc over the fields and the seasonal demands of a landscape that has long provided for its inhabitants.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dale, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.312108, -78.905005. 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 Dale includes the ZIP code (19504, 16881, 15902), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Berks County (Reading), and school district assignment (Ferndale Area 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. |