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Distant Pennsylvania Map

Explore Distant, 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 Distant, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Distant, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.96951
Longitude	-79.356708
Population	606
Density	130.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	16242, 16223
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Kittanning
School District	Redbank Valley School District

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About Distant, Pennsylvania

Distant is a locality in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 606. The population density is 130.8 people per km². Distant is located at 40.9695°N, 79.3567°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16242, 16223.

Distant occupies a modest expanse of the Allegheny Plateau where the horizon is defined by the heavy, silent weight of the earth rather than the drama of distant peaks. It lies 26.3 miles north-northwest of Indiana, PA (from Indiana, PA: bearing 336°T), and is situated 17.0 miles south of Clarion. Redbank Creek cuts a deliberate, singular path through the landscape, its dark water moving with a quiet gravity that underscores the stillness of the surrounding woods. To the north, the terrain rises into the managed wild of State Game Land 137, where the forest floor is a complex architecture of fallen oak leaves and damp loam. The air here holds a particular, sharp clarity, especially as the sun begins to retreat, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the fields like ink spilled on parchment. Even Pond One, situated five miles away, remains a quiet mirror for the sky, reflecting a light that feels older and deeper than the industrial hum of modern transit.

Distant carries the quiet residue of an economy once tethered to the extraction of the earth's deep, carbon-rich layers, a history that lingers in the weathered brick of older structures and the purposeful geometry of the local roads. The rhythm of daily life is dictated by the steady, unadorned work of the plateau, where the remnants of mining and rail have been slowly reclaimed by the encroaching maples and brush. There is a perceptible dignity in the way the local landscape has adapted, turning from the frantic pace of resource extraction toward a slower, more deliberate existence. While the Allegheny Mountains remain a faint, violet smudge against the western sky, the immediate world of Distant is defined by the intimate, granular details of a life lived close to the ground, where the passing of a season is marked not by grand gestures, but by the subtle shift in the color of the canopy and the cooling of the creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Game Land 137 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 052° NE
Redbank Valley Trail (Private Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 324° NW
Gumtown Memorial Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 028° NE
Armstrong County OHV Park Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 216° SW
State Game Land 287 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 239° SW
Oak Ridge Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 3.7 mi, 051° NE
Fishbasket Indian Town (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 048° NE
Redbank Valley Municipal Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 047° NE
Mahoning Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 5.2 mi, 128° SE
Traister Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 7.8 mi, 294° NW
Brady's Bend (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 276° W
Blossom "The Big Cow" (Public Artwork) — 12.1 mi, 345° N
Cornplanter's Defeat (Registered Battlefield) — 13.4 mi, 272° W
In Memory of General John Armstrong (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 218° SW
Clarion, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 14.4 mi, 346° N · 12k acres
University Gallery (Gallery) — 16.7 mi, 356° N
Belltower (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 356° N
Mill Creek, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 18.0 mi, 006° N · 6,529 acres
Parker's Landing Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 18.1 mi, 296° NW
American Rabbit Breeders Association (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 327° NW
Cook Forest State Park (State Park) — 18.9 mi, 007° N
Jackson Theater (Cinema) — 20.2 mi, 095° E
Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 20.5 mi, 305° NW
Seneca Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 25.4 mi, 017° N
Reynoldsville Historical Society (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 070° E
Waller Hall (Theatre) — 26.3 mi, 157° SE
Fisher Auditorium (Theatre) — 26.4 mi, 157° SE
IUP Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 157° SE
IUP Arch (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 156° SE
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 28.7 mi, 025° NE · 514k acres

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