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Dayton Pennsylvania Map

Explore Dayton, 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 Dayton, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Dayton, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.881195
Longitude	-79.241127
Population	549
Density	563.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	17098, 16222
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Kittanning
School District	Armstrong School District

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About Dayton, Pennsylvania

Dayton is a locality in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 549. The population density is 563.7 people per km². Dayton is located at 40.8812°N, 79.2411°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Dayton is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 17098, 16222.

Dayton occupies a quiet expanse of the high plateau, where the landscape is defined by the steady, unhurried flow of Glade Run as it cuts a path through the earth. It lies 18.5 miles north-northwest of Indiana, PA (from Indiana, PA: bearing 345°T), and is situated 14.8 miles west-southwest of Punxsutawney. The air here holds a crisp, persistent clarity, often catching the amber glow of late afternoon as it slants across the fields and meadows. To the east, the distant silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains offer a jagged boundary against the sky, grounding the horizon in a permanent, hazy blue. Only two miles from the quiet stillness of Mahoning Creek Lake, the land carries a weight of deep, fertile soil, where the shadows grow long and cool against the stands of hardwoods that frame the open acreage. At the center of the local geography, Dayton Community Park serves as an essential clearing, a patch of maintained green where the pace of the day is marked only by the shifting angle of the sun and the movement of the wind through the tall grasses.

Agriculture and the rhythms of the earth have long dictated the character of Dayton, maintaining a legacy built on the labor of those who first cleared these woods to establish a life on the plateau. While the broader region bears the imprint of industrial history, the economy here remains tethered to the land and the modest commerce that supports the surrounding farmsteads. The architecture reflects a practicality born of necessity, with structures that have weathered many winters, their siding silvered by time and the constant, biting breeze. Life in Dayton is observed in the small, repetitive tasks of the season, from the tilling of garden plots to the preparation for the harvest, creating a sense of continuity that feels remarkably durable. There is a distinct, quiet gravity to the way the days unfold, as if the residents are perpetually attuned to the subtle changes in the weather and the slow, inevitable turn of the rural calendar.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wayne Twp. Fairground Parcel 1 (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 183° S
Wayne Twp. Fairground Parcel 2 (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 175° S
Mahoning Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.4 mi, 022° N
State Game Land 320 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 037° NE
West Shamokin High School (Recreation Easement) — 5.9 mi, 193° S
State Game Land 137 (State Resource Management Area) — 7.8 mi, 324° NW
Armstrong County OHV Park Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 8.5 mi, 287° W
Fishbasket Indian Town (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 343° N
Blanket Hill (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 229° SW
Giant Cowboy (Public Artwork) — 14.0 mi, 247° SW
Jackson Theater (Cinema) — 14.8 mi, 073° E
Barclay Square (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 073° E
Traister Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 16.1 mi, 305° NW
Roundhouse (Historic Ruins) — 16.3 mi, 074° E
Waller Hall (Theatre) — 18.6 mi, 167° S
Fisher Auditorium (Theatre) — 18.7 mi, 167° S
IUP Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 167° S
IUP Arch (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 166° S
MovieScoop Indiana Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 19.1 mi, 171° S
Cornplanter's Defeat (Registered Battlefield) — 20.5 mi, 289° W
Yellow Creek State Park (State Park) — 21.9 mi, 155° SE
Clarion, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 22.2 mi, 335° NW · 12k acres
Mill Creek, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 23.1 mi, 357° N · 6,529 acres
Community park (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 199° S
Reynoldsville Historical Society (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 051° NE
University Gallery (Gallery) — 23.9 mi, 342° N
Belltower (Attraction) — 23.9 mi, 342° N
Cook Forest State Park (State Park) — 25.1 mi, 352° N
American Rabbit Breeders Association (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 323° NW
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 32.7 mi, 011° N · 514k acres

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