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Dornsife Pennsylvania Map

Explore Dornsife, 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 Dornsife, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Dornsife, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.74564
Longitude	-76.789135
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	17823
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Sunbury

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About Dornsife, Pennsylvania

Dornsife is a locality in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Dornsife is located at 40.7456°N, 76.7891°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17823.

Dornsife remains defined by the persistent, dark currents of the Mahanoy Creek, which carve a serpentine path through the low-lying terrain. It lies 25.0 miles southwest of Bloomsburg, PA (from Bloomsburg, PA: bearing 225°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south of Hamilton. The landscape surrounding Dornsife is a rugged expanse of broken ridges and fertile soil, where the air often holds the damp, metallic scent of the earth after a heavy rain. To the west, the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains provide a distant, ink-blue anchor to the horizon, while the immediate surroundings are dominated by the vast, untamed timber of State Game Land 084. Those seeking the quietude of water often gravitate toward the stillness of Sunshine Fines Pond, a small, reflective basin that mirrors the shifting gray clouds of the interior Pennsylvania sky.

History in Dornsife is etched into the very soil, a legacy of agricultural endurance and the remnants of industrial labor that once pulsed through the surrounding valleys. While the rhythms of the present are dictated by the quiet, methodical labor of rural life, the proximity to the deep recesses of Jews Hollow and the long, winding stretches of the James Path suggests a world that has largely turned its back on the frantic pace of modern centers. Local commerce has long been tethered to the land and the modest demands of its inhabitants, favoring a self-reliance that feels both ancient and stubborn. Life here unfolds with a deliberate, unadorned quality, where the turning of the seasons in the woods of Haldeman State Forest dictates the passage of time more effectively than any clock.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Game Land 084 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 178° S
State Game Land 233 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 271° W
Open space, Little Norway (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 310° NW
Northumberland County Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (Local Recreation) — 5.0 mi, 085° E
Major Anthony Selin Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 310° NW
Lore Degenstein Art Gallery (Gallery) — 5.8 mi, 308° NW
North Franklin Colliery (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 068° E
AMC CLASSIC Selinsgrove 12 (Cinema) — 6.4 mi, 330° NW
Trevorton WWII Memorial (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 066° NE
Susquehanna Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 353° N
McKees Half Falls (Viewpoint) — 9.0 mi, 229° SW
Shikellamy State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 359° N
10th Ward Honor Roll (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 076° E
Linn Conservancy (Nature Reserve) — 12.6 mi, 332° NW
Artisan Alley Fine Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 12.9 mi, 075° E
Campus Theater (Cinema) — 15.9 mi, 341° N
Millersburg Historical Society (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 212° SW
Downdraft (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 058° NE
Fandango (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 058° NE
Tumbling Timbers (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 058° NE
Phoenix (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 058° NE
Pennsylvania Mining Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 058° NE
Knoebels History Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 058° NE
Knoebels Carousel Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 058° NE
Time Machine Theatre (Theatre) — 17.5 mi, 058° NE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 20.4 mi, 177° S · 110k acres
Swatara State Park (State Park) — 21.5 mi, 145° SE
James C. Nelson Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 27.1 mi, 238° SW
Penns Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 27.2 mi, 284° W

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