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East Prospect Pennsylvania Map

Explore East Prospect, 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 East Prospect, Pennsylvania

How to Use This East Prospect, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	East Prospect
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	York County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.972043
Longitude	-76.519965
Population	934
Density	1126.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	17317, 17368
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	York
School District	Eastern York School District

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About East Prospect, Pennsylvania

East Prospect is a locality in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 934. The population density is 1126.9 people per km². East Prospect is located at 39.9720°N, 76.5200°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. East Prospect is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 17317, 17368.

East Prospect maintains a quiet composure atop the rise, overlooking the low lands where the Canadochly Creek carves its path through the earth. It lies 4.3 miles south of Columbia, PA (from Columbia, PA: bearing 191°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south-southwest of West Hempfield. The air here holds the dry, honest scent of turned soil and cooling pavement, a stillness that settles deep into the surrounding fields as the sun dips toward the horizon. Far to the west, the faint silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains emerges against the violet sky, a distant boundary for a landscape defined by its inland solitude. Within the local borders, East Prospect Community Park offers a patch of maintained green where the shadows stretch long and thin in the late afternoon, emphasizing the gentle, rhythmic incline of the terrain that defines this stretch of the Conejohela Valley.

Settlement in this corner of Pennsylvania grew from the steady labor of those who recognized the utility of the land’s heavy, productive loam. Industry here has always favored the deliberate pace of local trade and small-scale enterprise, keeping the economy anchored to the realities of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the regional climate. While the modern world moves with frantic haste, the people here preserve a certain temperament, finding utility in the proximity of resources like the Red Lion Reservoir just a short distance away. Those seeking a longer path through the woods often find their way to the Camp Echo Trail, where the forest floor retains the dampness of the morning long after the heat of the day has peaked. It is a place where the history of the ground is measured in quiet, repetitive cycles, leaving the residents to cultivate their lives with the same patience required to tend the acreage that surrounds them.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Willow Creek Farm Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 198° S
Susquehanna Riverlands (Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 043° NE
Native Lands Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 043° NE
Klines Run Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 050° NE
Samuel S. Lewis State Park (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 318° NW
Highpoint Scenic Vista and Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 000° N
Safe Harbor Lower Islands (Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 064° NE
Shad Island (Private Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 052° NE
Through the fire Studios (Gallery) — 4.4 mi, 014° N
Chestnut Grove Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 113° SE
Breezyview Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.8 mi, 002° N
Old Trolley Line Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 5.8 mi, 356° N
Susquehanna Stage (Theatre) — 6.1 mi, 342° N
Marietta Restoration Associates (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 344° N
Susquehanna Riverlands State Park (State Park) — 7.2 mi, 315° NW
Boyer Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 7.7 mi, 090° E
South York Cinemas 4 (Cinema) — 9.0 mi, 253° W
Ship Mountjoy Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 9.6 mi, 007° N
Mount Joy Historical Society (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 004° N
Memorial Flag Pole (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 286° W
Continental Treasury (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 267° W
York and York County World War II Memorial (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 267° W
Marketview Arts (Gallery) — 11.1 mi, 267° W
Gen. Wayne Headquarters (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 266° W
Creative York (Arts Centre) — 11.1 mi, 267° W
Green Room Theatre (Theatre) — 11.8 mi, 064° NE
Phillips Museum of Art (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 064° NE
Mulberry Art Studios (Arts Centre) — 12.0 mi, 068° E
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.9 mi, 140° SE · 96k acres

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