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Fishertown Pennsylvania Map

Explore Fishertown, 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 Fishertown, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Fishertown, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.351463
Longitude	-78.773632
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	15956, 15539
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Bedford

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About Fishertown, Pennsylvania

Fishertown is a locality in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Fishertown is located at 40.3515°N, 78.7736°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 15956, 15539.

Fishertown emerges from the quiet intersection of limestone lanes and open pasture, where the horizon holds the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains. It lies 22.7 miles southeast of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 128°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north-northwest of Bedford.

Stone Creek carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the local terrain, its waters reflecting the shifting moods of the sky as it moves toward the deeper basins of Quaker Valley. The land here feels anchored in the slow, deliberate work of the soil, with the woods of Gallitzin State Forest providing a dense, cooling canopy for the wildlife that wanders near the edges of the fields. During the lengthening shadows of late afternoon, the light settles over the meadows with a heavy, golden clarity, momentarily stilling the movement of the wind against the tall grasses. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of Shawnee Lake or spend their leisure hours amidst the open spaces of the Quaker Valley Road Recreation Park, where the pace of the day aligns with the turning of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock.

Fishertown retains a character defined by its endurance, rooted in a history of agrarian patience that predates the modern scramble of the industrial centers further to the west. While the economy has shifted from the labor of early homesteads to a quieter, localized commerce, the architecture of the older buildings remains a visible ledger of the families who first cleared these plots. The rhythm of daily life here is measured by the small, necessary tasks of maintaining one’s patch of earth, a tradition that persists even as the world beyond the ridge changes its tempo. Travelers passing through on their way to the Old '56' Trail might notice how the air carries a crisp, earthen scent, signaling a place that values the steady consistency of its own geography over the clamor of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

1889 Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 135° SE
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 153° SE
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 1.1 mi, 147° SE
Mount Carmel Drive Borough Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 350° N
St. Michael Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 159° S
New Germany Road Playground (Local Recreation) — 1.9 mi, 021° N
Sidman Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 132° SE
Salix Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 173° S
Franklin Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 270° W
Gallitzin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.4 mi, 149° SE
State Game Land 026 (State Resource Management Area) — 6.1 mi, 124° SE
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 209° SW
Morley’s Dog (Public Artwork) — 7.9 mi, 257° W
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 8.1 mi, 264° W
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 8.1 mi, 256° W
Cassandra Railroad Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.2 mi, 062° NE
Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 264° W
Roxbury Bandshell (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 244° SW
Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 125° SE
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 274° W
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 9.7 mi, 165° S
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 015° N
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 10.9 mi, 016° N
Charles F. Lewis Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 291° W
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 051° NE
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 034° NE
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 075° E
Fort Dewart (Historic Castle / Fort) — 21.0 mi, 178° S
Martin Hill Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 36.1 mi, 162° S

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