Foster Brook Pennsylvania Map

About Foster Brook, Pennsylvania

Foster Brook is a locality in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,127. The population density is 138.1 people per km². Foster Brook is located at 41.9834°N, 78.6024°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16701.

Foster Brook cuts a deliberate path through the hardwood timber and shale of the high plateau, its current pulling cool, clear water past the low-slung banks of the local park. It lies 37.9 miles north of Saint Marys, PA (from Saint Marys, PA: bearing 356°T), and is situated 1.9 miles northeast of Bradford. The landscape here favors the long shadow and the heavy, humid silence of dense woodland, where the ground rises into the sharp, uneven incline of Buchanan Hollow. A few miles to the north, the surface of Number Four Reservoir holds the sky in a flat, unmoving mirror, reflecting the gray slate of the clouds that frequently drift in from the west. When the light hits the valley at dusk, the trees lose their individual color, turning into a single, jagged wall of charcoal against the fading amber horizon.

Foster Brook carries the quiet weight of an economy once tied to the extraction of resources from the earth, a history felt in the rusted remains of old equipment tucked into the brush near the creek bed. While the heavy industry of the region has long since receded, the rhythm of daily life remains tethered to the slow, seasonal pulse of the forest and the maintenance of the land. Residents maintain a steady pace, finding their recreation in the quiet corners of Foster Brook Park or venturing further out toward the distant paths of Trail Number 9. On clear days, the faint, blue-tinted outline of the Appalachian Mountains sits far off on the southern horizon, a reminder of the vast, solid geography that defines the character of this inland reach.

About This Foster Brook Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Foster Brook, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.983354, -78.602436. 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 Foster Brook includes the ZIP code (16701), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of McKean County (Smethport), and school district assignment (Bradford 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.