Donaldson Pennsylvania Map

About Donaldson, Pennsylvania

Donaldson is a locality in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 377. The population density is 770.2 people per km². Donaldson is located at 40.6363°N, 76.4059°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16347, 17981.

Donaldson occupies a quiet expanse of the Pennsylvania interior, where the land rises in deliberate, forested swells that define the horizon. It lies 28.3 miles northwest of Saint Marys, PA (from Saint Marys, PA: bearing 304°T), and is situated 14.5 miles south-southeast of Warren. The South Branch Tionesta Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its waters moving with a steady, cooling clarity that anchors the local landscape. Nearby, the Allegheny National Forest blankets the earth in a dense, unbroken canopy of hemlock and hardwoods, offering a stillness that seems to absorb the sound of passing seasons. On the edge of this woodland, the North Country Trail provides a measured route for those who move through the undergrowth, tracing the contours of a region where the light at dusk turns a singular, bruised purple against the dark timber.

History in Donaldson remains quiet, reflected in the modest architecture and the remnants of an economy once tied to the deep timber and the slow extraction of earth’s resources. Life here follows the rhythm of the inland climate, where winters arrive with a heavy, muffling weight and summers settle into a humid, verdant heat. While the broader Allegheny Mountains remain a distant, hazy silhouette against the western sky, the local character is shaped by the proximity of the wilderness and the occasional, mirrored surface of Deer Lick Reservoir. People here maintain a focused, private pace, tending to their homes and the land with a pragmatic grace that honors the long, shadowed tenure of this Pennsylvania landscape.

About This Donaldson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Donaldson, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.636341, -76.405873. 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 Donaldson includes the ZIP code (16347, 17981), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Warren County (Warren), and school district assignment (Pine Grove Area School District).

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.