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Ernest Pennsylvania Map

Explore Ernest, 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 Ernest, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Ernest, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.678894
Longitude	-79.165775
Population	417
Density	700.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	15739, 19428, 15701
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Norristown
School District	Marion Center Area School District

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About Ernest, Pennsylvania

Ernest is a locality in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 417. The population density is 700.0 people per km². Ernest is located at 40.6789°N, 79.1658°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ernest is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 15739, 19428, 15701.

Ernest occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent Diamond Run carves a narrow, winding path through the heavy earth. It lies 1.7 miles southeast of Norristown, PA (from Norristown, PA: bearing 136°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north-northwest of Lower Merion. The terrain here is defined by a deep, wooded stillness, characterized by the low-lying shadows that collect in the nearby Swedeland Impounding as the sun retreats behind the western horizon. The air in Ernest often holds the cool, damp weight of the deep interior, far removed from the turbulence of the coast, leaving the trees to stand in sharp, silent relief against a slate-colored sky. John F Kennedy Park serves as the primary sanctuary for the local flora, offering a expanse of green where the light filters through the canopy in thin, dusty shafts during the late afternoon.

Ernest maintains a steady, unremarkable pace that reflects a history rooted in the grit of regional resource extraction and the quiet labor of the interior plains. The economy of Ernest has long been tethered to the slow pulse of local industry, an inheritance that lingers in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that lines the streets and the functional rhythm of the workday. Residents often look toward the distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains, which remain a faint, jagged suggestion on the horizon, while the proximity of the Green Ribbon Preservation Trail provides a modest link to the surrounding wilderness. Life in Ernest unfolds with the deliberate consistency of a place that values its own seclusion, finding its character in the simple endurance of the structures and the unchanging flow of the water nearby.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Second Street Playground (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 111° E
Blue Spruce Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 001° N
Blue Spruce County Park Expansion (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 339° N
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 159° S
Indiana County War Memorial (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 172° S
Jimmy Stewart Statue (Public Artwork) — 3.9 mi, 172° S
Waller Hall (Theatre) — 4.2 mi, 176° S
Fisher Auditorium (Theatre) — 4.2 mi, 176° S
IUP Arch (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 171° S
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 175° S
MovieScoop Indiana Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 5.0 mi, 192° S
State Game Land 248 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 137° SE
Yellow Creek State Park (State Park) — 7.9 mi, 138° SE
Gallitzin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 8.9 mi, 095° E
Mahoning Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 010° N
Conemaugh River Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.2 mi, 183° S
Community park (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 235° SW
Blanket Hill (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 294° NW
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 19.9 mi, 156° SE
Jackson Theater (Cinema) — 21.1 mi, 029° NE
Roundhouse (Historic Ruins) — 21.8 mi, 032° NE
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 26.4 mi, 117° SE
Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 152° SE
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 119° SE
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 26.6 mi, 152° SE
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 27.4 mi, 153° SE
Traister Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 28.9 mi, 324° NW
The Dragon & Gwenevere (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 191° S
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 46.1 mi, 003° N · 514k acres

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